In the postwar hawaii, house unamerican activities committee investigators jim mclain and mal baxter hunt down communists. House unamerican activities committee investigators jim mclain and mal baxter attempt to break up a ring of communist party troublemakers in hawaii ignoring somewhat, as do their superiors in the congress, that membership. House unamerican activities committee investigators jim mclain and mal baxter attempt to break up a ring of communist party troublemakers in hawaii file size. Big jim mclain on australian free to air tv in your area in the next 7 days or you may have disabled the corresponding channel in your icetv account to set recordings for the show when it airs. The dukes cold war legacy ron briley critic bosley crowther of the new york times described big jim mclain 1952, in whichwestern star john wayne portrays an investigator for the house committee on unamerican. Big jim mclain 1952 changes the movie database tmdb. He is the quintessential american icon who loves freedom and hates collectivist communism, socialism, etc. House unamerican 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. If no channel is shown there may be no upcoming episodes of movie.
Specifically, his staunch anticommunist beliefs as he plays a house unamerican activities. The dukes cold war legacy john wayne and big jim mclain 1952. Big jim mclain john wayne and his partner even bigger mal baxter james arness are investigators for the house unamerican activities committee. Big jim mclain is an american film directed by edward ludwig, released in 1952. This movie was released in 1952 during the korean war and only a few years after the fall of china to the reds and the. Big jim mclain 1952 edward ludwig, john wayne, nancy. John wayne, nancy olson, james arness, alan napier, veda ann borg, hans conried. Big jim mclain original trailer turner classic movies. Certainly its the hardest one to sit through today.
There are plenty of other onlocation scenes in big jim mclain in various area of oahu, as well. Gelster gayne whitman, a psychiatrist who is treating one of the party members. This was the first film in which wayne played a contemporary law enforcement officer, instead of an old west lawman. John wayne is a special agent tracking down a communist spy ring headquartered in hawaii. But who cares in big jim mclain, john wayne is at his unapologetic patriotic best.
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Big jim mclain official trailer wayne and arness go to hawaii to investigate the inner workings of a terrorist group headquartered there. Big jim mclain 1952 edward ludwig, john wayne, nancy olson, james arness, crime, drama, history september 26, 2016 house unamerican activities committee investigators jim mclain and mal baxter come to hawaii to track communist party activities. During research for this weeks extended profile of the late elmer cravalho, professor william puette of the university of hawaiis center for labor education and research recommended that i check out the 1952 film big jim mclain, which starred john wayne and james arness as heroic investigators for the house unamerican activities committee huac sent to. American actor, director, and producer john wayne 1907 1979 began working on films as an extra, prop man and stuntman, mainly for the fox film corporation.
The duke and his partner jim arness waynes reallife protege head to hawaii to investigate a subversive prored organization. The genius that is big jim mclain the new frontier jwidb. Watch big jim mclain and note how flexible it is to any topic in the deck. In big jim mclain, john wayne is at his unapologetic patriotic best. Watch big jim mclain online stream full movie directv. Feigning love for suspect nancy olson, wayne ferrets out the name of the big cheese, played by gayne. Big jim mclain 1952 posters the movie database tmdb. In this cold war film, big jim mclain john wayne and his partner mal baxter jim arness head to hawaii to investigate a subversive procommunist organization. They are interested in everything from insurance fraud to the sabotage of a u. They visit dr gelster a psychiatrist who is treating one of the party members. They have been sent to hawaii to round up some local communists.
John wayne made a lot of great films, he stood for many positive values, but big jim mcclain showcases his less than inspiring personal beliefs. Media in category big jim mclain the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Big jim mclain is an investigator for the house committee on unamerican activities whos sent hunting for a communist group in hawaii. John wayne, nancy olson, james arness, alan napier, veda ann borg, hans conreid. Restricting appeal to us markets was no viable option. Big jim mclain is a 1952 political thriller film starring john wayne and james arness as huac investigators hunting down communists in the postwar hawaii organized labor scene.
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