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The Big Bonanza (1944) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

George Archainbaud

Writing Credits  

Dorrell McGowan ... (screenplay) and
Stuart E. McGowan ... (screenplay) (as Stuart McGowan) and
Paul Gangelin ... (screenplay)
 
Leonard Praskins ... (original story) and
Robert Presnell Sr. ... (original story) (as Robert Presnell)

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification  

Richard Arlen ... Captain Jed Kilton
Robert Livingston ... Sam Ballou
Jane Frazee ... Chiquita McSweeney
George 'Gabby' Hayes ... Hap Selby
Lynne Roberts ... Judy Parker
Bobby Driscoll ... Spud Kilton
J.M. Kerrigan ... Judge Jasper Kincaid
Russell Simpson ... Adam Parker
Frank Reicher ... Dr. Ballou
Cordell Hickman ... Abraham
Hayward Soo Hoo ... Jimmy
Roy Barcroft ... Sheriff Dan Pendleton
Fred Kohler Jr. ... Henchman Roberts
Monte Hale ... Saloon Singer
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Buck Bucko Buck Bucko ... Barfly (uncredited)
Roy Bucko ... Henchman (uncredited)
Bob Burns ... Deputy (uncredited)
Lucille Byron Lucille Byron ... Dancer (uncredited)
George M. Carleton ... Doctor (uncredited)
Horace B. Carpenter ... Rancher (uncredited)
Martha Carroll Martha Carroll ... Dancer (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy ... Rancher (uncredited)
Jess Cavin ... Barfly (uncredited)
Tommy Coats Tommy Coats ... Rancher (uncredited)
Tom Coleman Tom Coleman ... Barfly (uncredited)
Francis Ford ... Daley (uncredited)
Fred Graham ... Tom's Brother - Burly Barroom Brawler (uncredited)
Herman Hack ... Barfly (uncredited)
Harriette Haddon ... Dancer (uncredited)
Beatrice Hagen ... Dancer (uncredited)
Jack Kenny ... Barfly (uncredited)
Charles King ... Henchman Big Ben (uncredited)
Jack Kirk ... Rancher (uncredited)
Paul Kruger ... Barfly (uncredited)
Jean MacMurray Jean MacMurray ... Dancer (uncredited)
Kansas Moehring ... Rancher (uncredited)
Jimmy Noel Jimmy Noel ... Barfly (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor ... Rancher Jenkins (uncredited)
Jack O'Shea ... Barfly (uncredited)
Bob Reeves ... Barfly (uncredited)
Robert Robinson Robert Robinson ... Barfly (uncredited)
Jack Rockwell ... Rancher Boyce (uncredited)
Matty Roubert ... Henchman (uncredited)
George Sowards ... Barfly (uncredited)
Tom Steele ... Tom, Slender Barroom Brawler (uncredited)
Dorothy Stevens ... Dancer (uncredited)
Dan White ... Rancher Willis (uncredited)
Robert J. Wilke ... Rancher (uncredited)
Henry Wills ... Deputy (uncredited)

Produced by 

Edward J. White ... associate producer (as Eddy White)

Music by 

R. Dale Butts ... (uncredited)
Mort Glickman ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by 

Reggie Lanning ... director of photography

Editing by 

Tony Martinelli

Art Direction by 

Frank Hotaling

Set Decoration by 

Otto Siegel

Costume Design by 

Adele Palmer

Production Management 

R.G. Springsteen ... unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Virgil Hart ... assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department 

T.A. Carman ... sound (as Tom Carman)
John Stransky Jr. ... re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited)
Howard Wilson ... re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by 

Howard Lydecker ... matte paintings (uncredited) / miniatures (uncredited) / special optical effects (uncredited)
Theodore Lydecker ... matte paintings (uncredited) / miniatures (uncredited) / special optical effects (uncredited)
Gordon Schaefer ... transparency projection shots (uncredited)

Stunts 

Fred Graham ... stunts (uncredited)
Tom Steele ... stunts (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Herbert Kirkpatrick ... second camera (uncredited)
Nels Mathias ... grip (uncredited)

Music Department 

Morton Scott ... musical director
David Buttolph ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Darrell Calker ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Herman Hand ... orchestrator (uncredited)
William Lava ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Paul Sawtell ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Walter Scharf ... composer: title music (uncredited)
John Stransky Jr. ... music mixer (uncredited)

Additional Crew 

Dave Gould ... dance director
Barlow Simpson ... double: Russell Simpson (uncredited) / wrangler (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

See also

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