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.

Cast (11)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

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