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
Production company
Wayne-Fellows Productions
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release date
August 30, 1952 (1952-08-30)
Running time
90 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$2.6 million (US rentals)[1]
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.
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.
^'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953
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