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Big Jake
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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   2,978 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Harry Julian Fink (writer)
Rita M. Fink (writer)
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Release Date:
26 May 1971 (USA) more
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Tagline:
They wanted gold. They gave them lead instead! more
Plot:
The McCandles ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats led by the evil John Fain. They kidnap little... more | full synopsis
User Comments:
The Dirty Harry of Westerns more (45 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Wayne ... Jacob McCandles

Richard Boone ... John Fain
Patrick Wayne ... James McCandles

Christopher Mitchum ... Michael McCandles
Bruce Cabot ... Sam Sharpnose
Bobby Vinton ... Jeff McCandles
Glenn Corbett ... O'Brien, aka Breed

John Doucette ... Texas Ranger Capt. Buck Duggan
Jim Davis ... Head of lynching party
John Agar ... Bert Ryan
Harry Carey Jr. ... Pop Dawson (as Harry Cary Jr.)
Gregg Palmer ... John Goodfellow
Roy Jenson ... Gunman at bathhouse in Escondero
Virginia Capers ... Delilah
Bill Walker ... Moses Brown (as William Walker)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Million Dollar Kidnapping (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for western violence. (re-rating)
Runtime:
110 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 (video rating) | UK:AA (original rating) | Canada:G (Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Australia:PG (TV rating) | USA:G (home video version) | USA:G (original rating) | West Germany:12 (f) (re-rated) | West Germany:16 (f) (original rating) | USA:G (re-rating) (1972) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG-13 (re-rating 2001) | Singapore:PG
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In 1971, owing to the success of this film, John Wayne was #1 at the US Box Office for the last time. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the kidnapping, Little Jake pokes at O'Brian with a pitchfork and knocks off O'Brian's hat, but O'Brian has puncture wounds in his cheeks, much lower than the area where he was struck with the pitchfork. more
Quotes:
Jake: You're short on ears and long on mouth! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs (2000) (TV) more

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The Dirty Harry of Westerns, 19 August 2002
8/10
Author: wrudd from Michigan, USA

A very entertaining John Wayne western. Richard Boone makes a great villian. It's action packed much more in the style of a Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry picture than a vintage John Wayne. Most highly recommended of Wayne's movies in the post-True Grit period.

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