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The Big Bonanza

The Big Bonanza

★ 6.3/10•1944•1h 8m•Drama•Western

PACKED With SUSPENSE and THRILLS of frontier adventure!

Having been falsely court marshaled for cowardice and sentenced to prison by the Army, Jed Kilton escapes and heads to Nevada Springs to see his kid brother. There he meets his old school friend Sam Ballou. But the two old friends soon find themselves on opposite sides and Sam has Jed arrested. Then when Jed's young brother sees one of Sam's men kill another man, the boy becomes Sam's intended victim.

Dorrell McGowan · Screenplay

Paul Gangelin · Screenplay

Stuart E. McGowan · Screenplay

Robert Presnell Sr. · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 8m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 30, 1944

Actors

Richard Arlen

Richard Arlen

Capt. Jed Kilton

Jane Frazee

Jane Frazee

Chiquita McSweeney

Robert Livingston

Robert Livingston

Sam Ballou

George 'Gabby' Hayes

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Hap Selby

Lynne Roberts

Lynne Roberts

Judy Parker

J.M. Kerrigan

J.M. Kerrigan

'Judge' Jasper Kincaid

Bobby Driscoll

Bobby Driscoll

Spud Kilton

Russell Simpson

Russell Simpson

Adam Parker

Frank Reicher

Frank Reicher

Dr. Ballou

Roy Barcroft

Roy Barcroft

Sheriff Dan Pendleton

Monte Hale

Monte Hale

The Singer

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