Big Jim McLain

Name: Big Jim McLain
Director: Edward Ludwig
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1952-08-30
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: 5
Cast: John Wayne, Nancy Olson, James Arness, Alan Napier, Veda Ann Borg

“FILMED in HAWAII and FILLED with EXCITEMENT!”

1952

1h 30m

Action Adventure Drama Thriller

Director: Edward Ludwig

Writers: Richard English, James Edward Grant

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Overview

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.