Big Jim McLain
5.2
“FILMED in HAWAII and FILLED with EXCITEMENT!”
House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter come to post war Hawaii to track Communist Party activities even though belonging to the party was legal at the time. They are interested in everything from insurance fraud to the sabotage of a U.S. naval vessel.
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Cast
14 people
John Wayne
Jim McLain
Known for
The Searchers
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Nancy Olson
Nancy Vallon
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
Flubber
James Arness
Mal Baxter
Known for
Them!
Gunsmoke
Alan Napier
Sturak
Known for
Batman
The Sword in the Stone
Veda Ann Borg
Madge
Known for
Mildred Pierce
The Alamo
Hans Conried
Robert Henried
Known for
Peter Pan
The Hobbit
Hal Baylor
Poke
Known for
A Boy and His Dog
The Set-Up
Gayne Whitman
Dr. Gelster
Also in
The Living Christ
Stolen Pleasures
Gordon Jones
Olaf
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
A Foreign Affair
Robert Keys
Edwin White
Known for
Island in the Sky
John Hubbard
Lt. Cmdr. Clint Grey
Known for
The Mummy's Tomb
The Tall T
Soo Yong
Mrs. Namaka
Known for
The Good Earth
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Edward Ludwig Director · Eric Taylor Writer James Edward Grant Writer
Worldwide gross $2.6M · United States release August 30, 1952 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,600,000
Production
Wayne-Fellows Productions
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 30, 1952
Theatrical
Austria
December 1, 1953 · Theatrical
Germany
August 20, 1953 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 15, 1952 · Theatrical
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