Big Jake
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.
- Budget
- $4,800,000
- Revenue
- $7,500,000
- Production
- Batjac Productions, Cinema Center Films
Tags & Hashtags
Watch Big Jake Online
Video player provided by a third-party service. CineFlix does not host any content.
Official Trailer & More
Videos auto-play in sequence. If a video isn't available in your country, it's automatically skipped.
Cast
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
Dean Smith
Kid Duffy
Virginia Capers
Delilah
Don Epperson
Saloon Bully in Escondero
Hank Worden
Hank
Bill Walker
Moses Brown
Chuck Roberson
Texas Ranger (uncredited)
José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla'
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- George Sherman
- Writers
- Harry Julian Fink,Rita M. Fink
- Producers
- Michael Wayne,John Wayne
- Cinematography
- William H. Clothier
- Composer
- Elmer Bernstein
Where to Watch
Streaming availability data provided by JustWatch via TMDB. Click a logo to visit the provider's official website.
Similar Movies
The Wonderful Country
1959
The Unforgiven
1960
No Country for Old Men
2007
Blazing Six Shooters
1940
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005
Border Outlaws
1950
Border Rangers
1950
The Searchers
1956
Fence Riders
1950
My Darling Clementine
1946
Red River
1948
Border Fence
1951
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
Stars Over Texas
1946
Tom Horn
1980
Montana Desperado
1951
45 Calibre Echo
1932
Heaven with a Gun
1969
Giant
1956
West of Rainbow's End
1938
Recommendations
Extreme Prejudice
1987
The Hunting Party
1971
Hell or High Water
2016
7 Men from Now
1956
From Noon Till Three
1976
Valdez Is Coming
1971
The Missouri Breaks
1976
Last Man Standing
1996
The Shadow Riders
1982
The Violent Men
1955
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
2013
Montana Story
2022
Hannie Caulder
1971
Buchanan Rides Alone
1958
A Million Ways to Die in the West
2014
Jubal
1956
The Hi-Lo Country
1998
The Wild Bunch
1969
The Unforgiven
1960
Forsaken
2015
User Reviews (0)
Sign in with Google to post a rating and review.
- No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.
User Reviews from TMDB
John Chard
February 10, 2017
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 …
CinemaSerf
January 24, 2023
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; he really does exude a sense of threat. The production does let this down a bit, though - the music …