Big Bad John (1990)Jimmy Dean's popular 1950 song is translated into a feature length movie about a young couple who elopes to escape the girl's evil stepfather. Director:Burt Kennedy |
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Big Bad John (1990)Jimmy Dean's popular 1950 song is translated into a feature length movie about a young couple who elopes to escape the girl's evil stepfather. Director:Burt Kennedy |
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Jimmy Dean | ... |
Cletus Morgan
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| Jack Elam | ... |
Jake Calhoun
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| Ned Beatty | ... |
Charlie Mitchelle
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Romy Windsor | ... |
Marie Mitchelle
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Jeff Osterhage | ... |
Alvin Mahoney
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| Ned Vaughn | ... |
Billy Mahoney
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Doug English | ... |
Big Bad John Tyler
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| Bo Hopkins | ... | ||
| Buck Taylor | ... |
Bob Simmons
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Amzie Strickland | ... |
Nellie
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Jerry Potter | ... |
Blany
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Red Steagall | ... |
Monahan
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| Danny Kamin | ... |
Jacque
(as Dan Kamin)
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| Anne Lockhart | ... |
Lady Police Officer
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Adam Caryle Taylor | ... |
Young Police Officer
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Jimmy Dean's popular 1950 song is translated into a feature length movie about a young couple who elopes to escape the girl's evil stepfather.
A good ol' boy film is almost required to have moonshine, car chases, a storyline that has a vague resemblance to "plot" and at least one very pretty country gal, barefoot with short shorts and a low top. The pretty gal is here (dressed in designer jeans)-- but the redneck prerequisites stop there. Jimmy Dean is a natural as a sausage spokesman but as a tough guy former sheriff, he comes up way short. Big John is big, but he isn't convincing with the "bad" part of his moniker. Bug-eyed Jack Elam is a hoot as always and Bo Hopkins has been playing this same part for decades; Ned Beatty also does his part in a small role... but there is no STORY. It smells more like an episode of In The Heat Of The Night than a feature film. Cornball cornpone with easily predictable sentiment. Perhaps the most glaring problem with this movie is Charlie Daniels singing the theme. You know the one; it was made famous by... Jimmy Dean.