Big Jake
IMDB Rating: 6.80, 2312 votes
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Taglines
- Big Jake... A legend of a man. A man who fought his way through hell to save a grandson he had never seen!
- John Wayne and Richard Boone star in a thrilling chase across the changing frontier
- They wanted gold. They gave them lead instead!
Storyline
Big Jake McCandles is on the trail on bandits in this action drama that stretches from Texas to Mexico. It's 1909, and the Old West is giving way to modern times. When the outlaw gang led bu vicious John Fain raids Jake's ranch and kidnaps his 8-year-old grandson, Jake's wife, whom he hasn't seen in 18 years, sends for her husband to rescue the boy. While the law gives chase in rickety automobiles, Jake saddles up with an Indian scout, a faithful dog, and a box of money. But paying ransom isn't Jake's idea of good old frontier justice.
Actors
| Jacob McCandles | John Wayne |
| John Fain | Richard Boone |
| James McCandles | Patrick Wayne |
| Michael McCandles | Christopher Mitchum |
| Sam Sharpnose | Bruce Cabot |
| Jeff McCandles | Bobby Vinton |
| O'Brien, aka Breed | Glenn Corbett |
| Texas Ranger Capt. Buck Duggan | John Doucette |
| Head of lynching party | Jim Davis |
| Bert Ryan | John Agar |
| Pop Dawson | Harry Carey Jr. |
| John Goodfellow | Gregg Palmer |
| Gunman at bathhouse in Escondero | Roy Jenson |
| Moses Brown | Bill Walker |
| Army officer | John McLiam |
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Posted in: 1971, Action, High IMDB rating, Western
Tagged: barroom brawl, character name in title, father son relationship, independent film, kidnapping, maverick, mexican, mexican border, motorcycle, posse, presumed dead