
Big Jake
They wanted gold. They gave them lead instead!
An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.
- 6.9
- 1971
- Released
- 1h 50m

John Wayne
Jacob McCandles
Richard Boone
John Fain
Maureen O'Hara
Martha McCandles
Patrick Wayne
James McCandles
Christopher Mitchum
Michael McCandles
Bobby Vinton
Jeff McCandles
Bruce Cabot
Sam Sharpnose
Glenn Corbett
O'Brien
Harry Carey, Jr.
Pop Dawson
John Doucette
Buck Duggan
Jim Davis
Head of Lynching Party
John Agar
Bert Ryan
Gregg Palmer
John Goodfellow
Jim Burk
Trooper
Robert Warner
Will Fain
Dean Smith
Kid Duffy
Ethan Wayne
Little Jake McCandles
Virginia Capers
Delilah
Jerry Gatlin
Stubby
Don Epperson
Saloon Bully in Escondero
Jeff Wingfield
Billy Devries
Hank Worden
Hank
Bill Walker
Moses Brown
Chuck Roberson
Texas Ranger (uncredited)
José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla'
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
George Fenneman
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Bernard Fox
Scottish Shepherd (uncredited)
Pedro Galván
Doctor (uncredited)
Tom Hennesy
Mr. Sweet (uncredited)
'Chico' Hernandez
Boy on Town (uncredited)
Roy Jenson
Gunman at Bathhouse in Escondero (uncredited)
John McLiam
Army Officer (uncredited)
Jorge Russek
Saloon Bully in Escondero (uncredited)
Jerry Summers
Escondero Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Lisa Todd
Saloon Girl at Escondero (uncredited)
Released
en
$4,800,000.00
$7,500,000.00
- #kidnapping
- #texas
- #ranch
- #cigar smoking
Reviews

This is probably the most violent of Wayne's westerns depicting a tale of an estranged husband who returns home after his grandson is taken hostage by a ruthless gang of kidnappers. This well paced thoughtful drama takes us on the journey as he - with his two sons and an almost unrecognisable Bruce Cabot set off to rescue the boy. Richard Boone is outstanding as the evil leader of the kidnappers;

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











