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Big Jim McLain. Nancy Olson hated the script, but figured six weeks in Hawaii and a chance to work with an icon like John Wayne seemed like a good enough reason to accept. Besides, she thought the film would flop and nobody would see it. She was right, to a degree, it wasn't one of Wayne's more successful pictures, but she didn't count on the ...
Big Jim McLain: Directed by Edward Ludwig. With John Wayne, Nancy Olson, James Arness, Alan Napier. In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.
House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter come to post war Hawaii to track Communist Party activities even though belonging to the party was legal at the time. They are interested in everything from insurance fraud to the sabotage of a U.S. naval vessel.
- 90 min
Big Jim McLain. 1952. NRT. Warner Bros. English 1h 30m. movie. (11) Cast John Wayne, Nancy Olson, James Arness, Alan Napier, Veda Ann Borg, Hans Conried, Hal Baylor, Gayne Whitman, Gordon Jones. Director Edward Ludwig. John Wayne stars as a special agent who travels to Hawaii to tackle an international terrorist ring.
In "Big Jim McLain," John Wayne is at his unapologetic patriotic best! He is the quintessential American icon who loves freedom and hates collectivist (Communism, Socialism, etc.) type government. This movie was released in 1952 during the Korean War and only a few years after the fall of China to the "Reds" and the establishment of the Warsaw ...
In the post-war Hawaii, House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter hunt down Communists.
