Big Jake (1971)

PG-1305/26/1971Western1h 50m
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They wanted gold. They gave them lead instead!

Overview

An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    John Wayne

    Jacob McCandles

  2. Cast 1

    Richard Boone

    John Fain

  3. Cast 1

    Maureen O'Hara

    Martha McCandles

  4. Cast 1

    Patrick Wayne

    James McCandles

  5. Cast 1

    Christopher Mitchum

    Michael McCandles

  6. Cast 1

    Bobby Vinton

    Jeff McCandles

  7. Cast 1

    Bruce Cabot

    Sam Sharpnose

  8. Cast 1

    Glenn Corbett

    O'Brien

  9. Cast 1

    Harry Carey, Jr.

    Pop Dawson

You follow him and I'll hunt you down and kill yah. Big Jake is directed by George Sherman and written by Harry and Rita Fink. It stars John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum and Maureen O'Hara. Elmer Berstein scores the music and William H. Clothier is the cinematographer. It's shot in Panavision and Technicolor with the principal location for the shoot being Durango in Mexico. Plot finds Duke Wayne as tough old rancher/gunfighter Jake McCandles, who is estranged from his family and spends his days roaming the west with his trusty dog. However, when the McCandles fam...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$4,800,000.00

Revenue $7,500,000.00

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