The Big Bonanza (1944)
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.
- Date of release
- 1944-12-30
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Director
- George Archainbaud
Casting
- Richard Arlen — Capt. Jed Kilton
- Jane Frazee — Chiquita McSweeney
- Robert Livingston — Sam Ballou
- George 'Gabby' Hayes — Hap Selby
- Lynne Roberts — Judy Parker
- J.M. Kerrigan — 'Judge' Jasper Kincaid
- Bobby Driscoll — Spud Kilton
- Russell Simpson — Adam Parker
- Frank Reicher — Dr. Ballou
- Roy Barcroft — Sheriff Dan Pendleton
- Monte Hale — The Singer
Interesting facts
The Big Bonanza is a 1944 American Western film starring Jane Frazee, Richard Arlen, Gabby Hayes, Robert Livingston and Lynne Roberts.
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