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Big Jake

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Big Jake (1971)

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Reviews Counted: 6 Fresh: 5  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 6.2/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Synopsis: John Wayne is Jacob McCandles, an aging cowboy in an Old West that is on the verge of modernization. When his eight-year-old grandson is kidnapped by a violent gang led by the evil John Fain (Richard Boone), Jacob's estranged wife (Maureen O' Hara) enlists his help to rescue the boy. Jacob and... John Wayne is Jacob McCandles, an aging cowboy in an Old West that is on the verge of modernization. When his eight-year-old grandson is kidnapped by a violent gang led by the evil John Fain (Richard Boone), Jacob's estranged wife (Maureen O' Hara) enlists his help to rescue the boy. Jacob and his three sons (one of whom is portrayed by Wayne's real-life son Patrick) set out to bring the gang to justice. This late-period Wayne western is characterized by a gritty realism not present in most of his earlier works. The surprisingly graphic violence is also tempered with abundant humor. [More]

Genre: Westerns

Starring: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara, Bobby Vinton, Patrick Wayne

Director: George Sherman
Screenwriter: Harry Julian Fink, R.M. Fink
Producer: Michael Wayne

DVD Info

Release:

Apr 29, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen Anamorphic

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
  • Dolby Digital Mono - French

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Selection

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A third-teer Duke Western, which may be more interesting for its biographical elements, co-starring Wayne's own son as well as sons of Mitchum and other friend-actors, all of whom get the usual lessons in his macho morality.

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02/09/06
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Wayne gets little help from anyone else but Boone and can't pull off such a slight story line by his lonesome.

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Dennis Schwartz
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John Larsen
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Very enjoyable, underrated western.

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Howard Thompson
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Rowdy shootem' up has Duke in boot-stridin' form.

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