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03/26/09
Big Jim McLain (1952)
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Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Big Jim McLain is an investigator for the House Committee on Un-American Activities who's sent hunting for a Communist group in Hawaii. Not a good picture but weirdly spellbinding as reminder of a... [More]
Starring: John Wayne, James Arness, Nancy Olson, Veda Ann Borg
Director: Edward Ludwig
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Top CriticPathetic anti-Communist propaganda film with a snarling John Wayne at his ugliest as a macho windbag special agent for HUAC.
07/28/08
The name of Wayne's special agent for the HUAAC had the same initials as those of Senator Joseph McCarthy, which was not a coincidence, and Wayne himself believed that his popular propagandistic film helped McCarthy's reelection campaign.
05/27/06
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