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Big Jim McLain is a 1952 American film noir political thriller film starring John Wayne and James Arness as HUAC investigators hunting down communists in the postwar Hawaii organized-labor scene. Edward Ludwig directed.
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.
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- Crime, Drama, History
- Edward Ludwig
- 1952-08-30
Big Jim McLain (1952) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Jim McLain (John Wayne) and his partner, Mal Baxter (James Arness), are investigators for the House Un-American Activities Committee, who are sent to Hawaii to find the leaders of a local...
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- Edward Ludwig
- Drama
- John Wayne
Big Jim McLain - (Original Trailer) An investigator (John Wayne) for the House Un-American Activities Committee takes on Communists in Hawaii in Big Jim McLain (1952).
- Edward Ludwig, Andrew Mclaglen
- John Wayne
John Wayne is a special agent tracking down a communist spy ring headquartered in Hawaii. A period drama that captures the political mood of post-WWII peacet...
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U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter attempt to break up a ring of Communist Party troublemakers in Hawaii (ignoring somewhat, as do their superiors in the Congress, that membership in the Communist Party was, at the time, legal in the U.S.) — Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>.