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Big Jake
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Overview

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Director:

George Sherman
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Writers:

Harry Julian Fink (writer)
Rita M. Fink (writer)

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Release Date:

26 May 1971 (USA) more

Genre:

Western | Action more

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:

Don't call him "Daddy"! 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

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono

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

Filming Locations:

Durango, Mexico


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

The ranch house used for the McCandles ranch is the same house used for the Chisum ranch in Chisum (1970), a John Wayne western made a year earlier. Note the scenery around the ranch. more

Goofs:

Continuity: The windshield glass in the first automobile disappears during the close-up shots. more

Quotes:

Hotel desk clerk: I thought you were dead.
Jacob 'Big Jake' McCandles: Dead? The next person who says that I'm gonna shoot, so help me.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Daria: Camp Fear (#5.4)" (2001) more


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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Don't call him "Daddy"!, 29 June 2000
Author: TSMChicago from Palatine, IL

A later John Wayne western that contains a surprising amount of graphic violence. This is by no means another "Wild Bunch" but there are more bloody gunshot wounds than usual.

The plot concerns the search and rescue of a kidnapped grandson that Wayne has never seen.

The banter between Jacob McCandles(Wayne) and his estranged sons is the source of many of the film's great lines. When Patrick Wayne tries to provoke the Duke by calling him "Daddy", the retort by the old man is priceless.

A good villan(Richard Boone), another pairing with Maureen O'Hara, some great one-liners and several references to older Wayne films make this a great choice from the westerns section at Blockbuster. Elmer Bernstein's music is wonderful too, sounding much like his "Magnificent Seven" score.

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