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Big Bad John. A lawman (Jimmy Dean) joins the chase for the mining-disaster hero (Doug English) described in Dean's 1961 hit record.
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Feb 1, 1990 · Overview. Jimmy Dean's popular 1950 song is translated into a feature length movie about a young couple who elopes to escape the girl's evil stepfather. Burt Kennedy. Director, Screenplay. Joseph Berry.
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- Jimmy Dean
Singer, television personality and sausage magnate Jimmy Dean stars in the film version of his chart-topping ballad of the same name, playing the reluctant sheriff who pursues the fugitive in the song’s title.
Feb 1, 1990 · After killing a man who needed killing, Big Bad John loses himself by going to work in a treacherous Colorado coal mine. A whole slew of plot complications later, the film finally gets around to the gist of the song, with Big Bad John saving the lives of his fellow miners at the price of his own.
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PG-13. Action & adventure. Big Bad John is a 1990 American Western film directed by Burt Kennedy. It stars Ned Beatty and Jimmy Dean, the latter of whom wrote and performed the song the...