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The Big Bonanza (1944)
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70 min | Western

The Big Bonanza (1944)

Passed

70 min | Western

Captain Jed Kelton (Richard Arlen), Union Army officer, unfairly tried for cowardice in battle during the Civil War, escapes from custody while being transported to Fort Leavenport in Kansas. After a brief visit home, Jed and his grizzled ...See moreCaptain Jed Kelton (Richard Arlen), Union Army officer, unfairly tried for cowardice in battle during the Civil War, escapes from custody while being transported to Fort Leavenport in Kansas. After a brief visit home, Jed and his grizzled old friend, Hap Shelby (George "Gabby" Hayes), go to Nevada Springs, Nevada, where Spud (Bobby Driscoll), the eight-year-old brother who idolizes Jed, is living with Sam Ballou (Robert Livingston), Jed's best friend in their early boyhood days, Jed finds that Sam is now owner of the Silver Queen saloon and dance hall. Sam is greedy for wealth and power, and not particular how he gets it, even at the expense of others. Chiquata McSweeney (Jane Frazee), beautiful singing star at the Silver Queen, and sweetheart of Sam, is sincerely fond of young Spud, but Jed thinks that a saloon is the wrong place to keep a child and he arranges for Spud to live at the home of Judy Parker (Lynne Roberts), the well-bred Sunday School teacher whose father, Adam Parker (Russell Simpson), is one of the upright and honest citizens that Sam is exploiting and ruining. Parker is the owner of the Big Bonanza mine. When Jed learns from Judy of the change in Sam's character, he takes up the cause of the miners and heads up the opposition to Sam. When one of Sam's henchmen kills Parker, Spud is an eye witness and is now a target to be eliminated. Written by Les Adams See less

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49 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Arlen Captain Jed Kilton Captain Jed Kilton See fewer	Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Robert Livingston Sam Ballou Sam Ballou See fewer	Daredevils of the Clouds (1948)
Jane Frazee Chiquita McSweeney Chiquita McSweeney See fewer	Calendar Girl (1947)
George 'Gabby' Hayes Hap Selby Hap Selby See fewer	Randy Rides Alone (1934)
Lynne Roberts Judy Parker Judy Parker See fewer	Lightnin' in the Forest (1948)
Bobby Driscoll Spud Kilton Spud Kilton See fewer	Peter Pan (1953)
J.M. Kerrigan Judge Jasper Kincaid Judge Jasper Kincaid See fewer	Gone with the Wind (1939)
Russell Simpson Adam Parker Adam Parker See fewer	The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Frank Reicher Dr. Ballou Dr. Ballou See fewer	King Kong (1933)
Cordell Hickman Abraham Abraham See fewer	The Biscuit Eater (1940)
Hayward Soo Hoo Jimmy Jimmy See fewer	Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Roy Barcroft Sheriff Dan Pendleton Sheriff Dan Pendleton See fewer	The Purple Monster Strikes (1945)
Fred Kohler Jr. Henchman Roberts Henchman Roberts See fewer	The Ten Commandments (1956)
Monte Hale Saloon Singer Saloon Singer See fewer	Giant (1956)
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