Tracy Powell, an Indiana farmer, gets the gold fever and heads for Stockton, California in 1849. There, he abandons his first partner, Bert Killian, and teams up with Sam Wilkins, a claim jumper employed by Willis Haver. Six years later, Powell returns to Indiana and his sweetheart, Julie. They marry and he tries farming again but, on the night their son is born, he takes off again searching for gold. This time he heads for the hills with an inveterate prospector, Jimmo McCann. A decade later, the two are still hunting for their big strike when McCann is killed in an accident. Powell returns home with news of a big strike but the deserted Julie will have nothing to do with him. His friend Killian will not believe him but Haver, now a banker gives him a small loan and then beats him out of his claim. Many years pass before he comes home, now sixty-years-old, and this time, his wife and son open their home to him. But he vows to go prospecting come next spring.
Credits
The Naked Hills Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Jim Backus
He was 43, 76 years old when he died
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as Willis Haver |
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Fuzzy Knight
He was 55, 74 years old when he died
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as Pitch Man |
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Keenan Wynn
He was 39, 70 years old when he died
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as Sam Wilkins |
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Denver Pyle
He was 36, 77 years old when he died
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as Bert Killian / Narrator |
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David Wayne
He was 42, 81 years old when he died
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as Tracy Powell |
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Myrna Dell
She was 32, 86 years old when she died
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as Aggie |
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Christopher Olsen
He was 9, now 78 years old
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as Billy as a Boy (as Chris Olsen) |
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Frank Fenton
He was 50, 65 years old when he died
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as Harold |
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Marcia Henderson
She was 26, 58 years old when she died
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as Julie |
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James Barton
He was 65, 71 years old when he died
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as Jimmo McCann |
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Steven Terrell
He was 34, now 34 years old
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as Billy as a Young Man |
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Lewis L. Russell
He was 66, 72 years old when he died
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as Baxter |
The Naked Hills Crew
