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Big Jim McLain (1952)
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Release Date:
30 August 1952 (USA) moreTagline:
He's a Go-Get-'Em Guy for the U.S.A. on a Treason Trail that leads Half-a-World Away! morePlot:
U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter attempt to break... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Complete credited cast) | 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 (as Madame Soo Yong) |
| Dan Liu | ... | Dan Liu, Honolulu Chief of Police (as Honolulu Chief of Police Dan Liu) |
| Vernon 'Red' McQueen | ... | Phil Briggs (as Red McQueen) |
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90 min | West Germany:85 minCountry:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Certification:
West Germany:12 (f) | USA:Approved (MPAA rating: certificate #16057) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:UFilming Locations:
Honolulu, O'ahu, Hawaii, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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Edwin Layton has a cameo that was arranged by the studio as a favor for getting permission for John Ford to film the actual Midway battle. Layton was the Pacific Fleet's Fleet Intelligence Officer at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. moreFAQ
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Early in the film Wayne and Arness take the US Navy "picket boat" out to Battleship Row and the superstructure of the USS Arizona, long before the familiar white memorial was built. This little side trip provides a continuity. The 50's fear of Communism was seen, in that era, as being informed by the experience of the attack at Pearl Harbor 11 years before. Folks then knew from bitter, bloody experience, that evil in the world existed, and they were trying to thwart the new evil. It may appear ham-handed to us today, but, in the context of the times, finding the enemy through investigative techniques probably appeared preferable to another sneak attack. Having read the above comments, I also appreciate the way the writers heaped praise on the local, Hawaiian, police.