''The Big Bonanza'' is a 1944 American
Western
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film starring
Jane Frazee
Mary Jane Frehse (July 18, 1915 – September 6, 1985), was an American actress, singer, and dancer.
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Jane, age six, and her 12-year-old sister Ruth formed a singing vaudeville act known as The Frazee Sisters.[Richard Arlen
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Gabby Hayes
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Robert Livingston and
Lynne Roberts
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Plot
Escaping from jail after being falsely accused of cowardice, Army captain Jed Kilton ends up at odds with his old friend, Sam Ballou.
Sam has been raising Jed's little brother during the Civil War, but when Jed and sidekick Hap ride into Nevada Springs, they find Sam owns a saloon and has the boy is living there in an unsuitable setting. Jed becomes acquainted with Sam's sweetheart, dancehall gal Chiquita McSweeney, and with a prim and proper school teacher, Judy Parker.
It turns out Sam is a dishonest man who intends to stake an illegal claim to the Big Bonanza gold mine that belongs to someone else. Jed ends up literally fighting him for the mine, where a cave-in results in Sam's death. Hap is happy to learn that Jed and Judy are already busy planning a wedding.
Cast
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Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen (born Sylvanus Richard Mattimore, September 1, 1899 – March 28, 1976) was an American actor of film and television.
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Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Arlen attended the University of Pennsylvania. He served in Canada as a ...
as Capt. Jed Kilton
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Robert Livingston as Sam Ballou
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Lynne Roberts
Lynne Roberts, also credited as Mary Hart, born Theda May Roberts (November 22, 1922 – April 1, 1978) was an American film actress during the Golden Age of Hollywood. She appeared exclusively in what were referred to as B-movies.
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as Judy Parker
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Gabby Hayes
Gabby is a given name, usually a short form of Gabriel or Gabrielle or Gabriella.
Gabby or Gabbie may refer to:
People with the name
* Gabby Chaves (born 1993), Colombian-American racing driver
* Guy Gabaldon (also "Gabby"; 1926–2006), ...
as Hap Selby
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Jane Frazee
Mary Jane Frehse (July 18, 1915 – September 6, 1985), was an American actress, singer, and dancer.
Professional life
Jane, age six, and her 12-year-old sister Ruth formed a singing vaudeville act known as The Frazee Sisters.[Bobby Driscoll
Robert Cletus Driscoll (March 3, 1937 – March 30, 1968) was an American actor known for his film and television performances from 1943 to 1960. He starred in some of the Walt Disney Studios' best-known live-action pictures of that period ...]
as Spud Kilton
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1944 films
1944 Western (genre) films
Republic Pictures films
American Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by George Archainbaud
1940s English-language films
1940s American films
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