The Big Bonanza
“PACKED With SUSPENSE and THRILLS of frontier adventure!”
Synopsis
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.
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Edited by Tony MartinelliShot by Reggie Lanning
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Cast & Crew
18 unique people credited
Top billed 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
Bobby Driscoll Nm0237985
as Spud Kilton
Russell Simpson
as Adam Parker
Frank Reicher
as Dr. Ballou
Cordell Hickman
as Abraham
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1Writers
4Other crew
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