Big Jim McLain
Big Jim McLain is a 1952 American film noir political thriller film starring John Wayne and James Arness as HUAC investigators hunting down communists in the postwar Hawaii organized-labor scene. Edward Ludwig directed.
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| Directed by | Edward Ludwig |
| Written by | Richard English (story) James Edward Grant Eric Taylor |
| Produced by | Robert M. Fellows John Wayne |
| Starring | John Wayne Nancy Olson James Arness Alan Napier Veda Ann Borg |
| Cinematography | Archie J. Stout |
| Edited by | Jack Murray |
| Music by | Paul Dunlap Arthur Lange Emil Newman |
| Color process | Black and white |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.6 million (US rentals) |
This was the first film in which Wayne played a contemporary law enforcement officer, instead of an Old West lawman. Near the end of his career, in the mid-1970s, he took on two more such roles, (Brannigan and McQ), each time playing an urban cop.
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