Big Jim McLain

Big Jim McLain

90 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller, Adventure | Aug. 30, 1952

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.

Big Jim McLain

90 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller, Adventure | Aug. 30, 1952

Big Jim McLain
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.
IMDb rating 5.2
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Wayne-Fellows Productions
Original title Big Jim McLain
Directors Edward Ludwig
Writers Richard English, James Edward Grant, Eric Taylor

Cast

John Wayne

as Jim McLain

Nancy Olson

as Nancy Vallon

James Arness

as Mal Baxter

Alan Napier

as Sturak

Veda Ann Borg

as Madge

Hans Conried

as Robert Henried

Hal Baylor

as Poke

Gayne Whitman

as Dr. Gelster

Gordon Jones

as Olaf

Robert Keys

as Edwin White

John Hubbard

as Lt. Cmdr. Clint Grey

Soo Yong

as Mrs. Namaka

Paul Hurst

as Mr. Lexiter

Sarah Padden

as Mrs. Lexiter