Big Jim McLain (1952)
FILMED in HAWAII and FILLED with EXCITEMENT!
House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter come to post war Hawaii to track Communist Party activities even though belonging to the party was legal at the time. They are interested in everything from insurance fraud to the sabotage of a U.S. naval vessel.
- Date of release
- 1952-08-30
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (30)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Director
- Edward Ludwig
Casting
- John Wayne — Jim McLain
- Nancy Olson — Nancy Vallon
- James Arness — Mal Baxter
- Alan Napier — Sturak
- Veda Ann Borg — Madge
- Hans Conried — Robert Henried
- Hal Baylor — Poke
- Gayne Whitman — Dr. Gelster
- Gordon Jones — Olaf
- Robert Keys — Edwin White
- John Hubbard — Lt. Cmdr. Clint Grey
- Soo Yong — Mrs. Namaka
Interesting facts
Big Jim McLain is a 1952 American political thriller film noir directed by Edward Ludwig and starring John Wayne and James Arness as HUAC investigators hunting communists in world of organized labor in postwar Hawaii.
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