Big Jake (1971)
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When his grandson (played by real-life son Ethan Wayne) is kidnapped by scurrilous baddie Richard Boone, Big Jake (John Wayne) sets out to deliver the $1 million ransom. On the off-chance that there'll be gunplay, Jake brings along his sons Patrick Wayne and Chris Mitchum. Maureen O'Hara plays Jake's estranged wife and Bruce Cabot provides comedy relief as a scraggly Indian Scout. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Apr 29, 2003
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Cast
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John Wayne
Jacob McCandles -
Richard Boone
John Fain -
Maureen O'Hara
Martha McCandles -
Patrick Wayne
James McCandles -
Christopher Mitchum
Michael McCandles -
Bruce Cabot
Sam Sharpnose -
John Agar
Bert Ryan -
Jim Burk
Trooper -
Virginia Capers
Delilah -
Harry Carey Jr.
Pop Dawson -
Glenn Corbett
O'Brien -
Jim Davis
Head of Lynching Party -
John Doucette
Buck Dugan -
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Gregg Palmer
John Goodfellow -
Dean Smith
Kid Duffy -
Bobby Vinton
Jeff McCandles -
William Walker
Moses Brown -
Robert Warner
Will Fain -
Ethan Wayne
Little Jake -
Hank Worden
Hank -
Everett Creach
Walt Devries -
Jerry Gatlin
Stubby -
Don Epperson
Saloon Bully -
Tom Hennessy
Saloon Brawler -
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A second rate Western, more interesting for its biographical elements, the film co-stars Wayne's own son as well as sons of Robert Mitchum and other friends, all getting the usual lessons in macho morality.
Wayne gets little help from anyone else but Boone and can't pull off such a slight story line by his lonesome.
Very enjoyable, underrated western.
Rowdy shootem' up has Duke in boot-stridin' form.
Audience Reviews for Big Jake
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- Jacob McCandles: You can call me Father, you can call me Jacob, you can call me Jake. You can call me a dirty son-of-a-bitch, but if you EVER call me Daddy again, I'll finish this fight.
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- Jacob McCandles: Not hardly.
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