The Big Bonanza (1944)
PACKED With SUSPENSE and THRILLS of frontier adventure!
70 min
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.
- Release date
- December 30, 1944
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Richard Arlen as Captain Jed Kilton
- Robert Livingston as Sam Ballou
- Jane Frazee as Chiquita McSweeney
- George 'Gabby' Hayes as Hap Selby
- Lynne Roberts as Judy Parker
- Bobby Driscoll as Spud Kilton
- J.M. Kerrigan as Judge Jasper Kincaid
- Russell Simpson as Adam Parker
- Frank Reicher as Dr. Ballou
- Cordell Hickman as Abraham
Crew
- George Archainbaud · Director
- Dorrell McGowan · Writer
- Stuart E. McGowan · Writer
- Paul Gangelin · Writer
- Leonard Praskins · Writer
- Reggie Lanning · Cinematographer
- Tony Martinelli · Editor