The Bonanza Buckaroo

Bill Merritt and his pal, Chewin' Charlie, notice a touring car passing them on the road. Soon the car stops, and the party sets out after a jackrabbit wanted by an elderly lady in the car. Bill, realizing the brakes have slipped on a downgrade, rescues the runaway car and its occupant, Mrs. Gordon, and wins the lady's admiration. Invited to the hotel of millionaire mine owner Andrew Gordon, Bill becomes interested in his daughter, Cleo, but is told that the man who aspires to be her husband must possess wealth. That night Bill overhears a plot to take over a strip of land between Gordon's mine and that of his enemy Tom Middleton; Bill and Charlie set out to stake their claim, and after subduing "Fraction" Jack, they register the claim. Bill persuades Gordon to buy out his claim and saves Charlie from claim jumpers.

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Top billed cast

Jay WilseyBill Merritt
Harry ToddChewin' Charlie
Judy KingCleo Gordon
Lafe McKeeMr. Andrew Gordon
Al TaylorCarney
Slim WhitakerFraction Jack
Emily BarryeThe Maid
Winifred LandisMrs. Andrew Gordon
Dutch MaleySpike
William RynoThe Sheriff

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