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Big Jim McLain (1952)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 ... See full summary » Director:Edward LudwigWriters:Stephen Vincent Benet (quotes from "The Devil and Dan'l Webster"), James Edward Grant, 5 more credits » |
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Nancy Vallon
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Mal Baxter
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Sturak
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Veda Ann Borg | ... |
Madge
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Robert Henried
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Hal Baylor | ... |
Poke
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Gayne Whitman | ... |
Dr. Gelster
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Gordon Jones | ... |
Olaf
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Robert Keys | ... |
Edwin White
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John Hubbard | ... |
Lt. Cmdr. Clint Grey
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Soo Yong | ... |
Mrs. Namaka
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Dan Liu | ... |
Dan Liu, Honolulu Chief of Police
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Vernon 'Red' McQueen | ... |
Phil Briggs
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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.) Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Plot Keywords:
communist party | hawaii | racial slur | knocked unconscious | action hero |Taglines:
THE BIG MAN IN HIS BIG ADVENTURE! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
30 August 1952 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Jim McLain See more »Filming Locations:
Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USABox Office
Budget:
$826,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
aka "Dixie"
Music by Daniel Decatur Emmett
Played during the opening credits
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Edwin Layton has a cameo that was arranged by the studio as a favor for getting permission for John Ford to film the actual Midway battle. Layton was the Pacific Fleet's Fleet Intelligence Officer at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. See more »Goofs
When the plane taking McLain to another island begins taxiing, the door is still partly open. See more »Soundtracks
" (I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land"(uncredited)
aka "Dixie"
Music by Daniel Decatur Emmett
Played during the opening credits
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Y'know the old joke, told after Reagan was elected, that "One of every three Hollywood conservatives gets elected President"? (The joke being, of course, that there was only 3 conservatives in Hollywood)...well...
Not Wayne's greatest, or even a great, movie. But still, in these days if Political Correctness being hammered down our respective throats, it's nostalgia to know it used to be vice versa.
Darn, I miss the 1950s.