Bonanza Town

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Bonanza Town
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Directed by Fred F. Sears
Written by Barry Shipman
Bert Horswell
Produced by Colbert Clark
Starring Charles Starrett
Myron Healey
Luther Crockett
Cinematography Henry Freulich
Edited by Paul Borofsky
Music by Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • July 26, 1951 (1951-07-26)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Bonanza Town is a 1951 American Western film directed by Fred F. Sears who plays the villain and starring Charles Starrett, Myron Healey, and Luther Crockett. [1] This was the fifty-sixth of 65 films in the Durango Kid series. [2]

Contents

It was shot at the Iverson Ranch. The film's art direction was by Charles Clague.

Plot

In pursuit of the allegedly deceased Henry Hardison, Steve employs marked bills to trace his whereabouts. His investigation leads him to Bonanza Town, where he secures employment under the town's influential figure, Crag Bozeman. Upon receiving payment in marked bills, Steve's suspicions that Bozeman's superior is, in fact, Hardison, are confirmed. As the narrative unfolds, Hardison and his associates devise a scheme to eliminate both Steve and the Durango Kid.

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References

  1. Pitts p.37
  2. Blottner, Gene (2011). "The Durango Kid". Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN   9780786486724.

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