The Big Bonanza (1944)

  • NR
  • 12/30/1944 (US)
  • Drama, Western
  • 1h 8m

PACKED With SUSPENSE and THRILLS of frontier adventure!

Overview

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

George Archainbaud

Director

Cast

Richard Arlen's headshot

Richard Arlen

Capt. Jed Kilton
Jane Frazee's headshot

Jane Frazee

Chiquita McSweeney
Robert Livingston's headshot

Robert Livingston

Sam Ballou
George 'Gabby' Hayes's headshot

George 'Gabby' Hayes

Hap Selby
Lynne Roberts's headshot

Lynne Roberts

Judy Parker
J.M. Kerrigan's headshot

J.M. Kerrigan

'Judge' Jasper Kincaid
Bobby Driscoll's headshot

Bobby Driscoll

Spud Kilton
Russell Simpson's headshot

Russell Simpson

Adam Parker

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