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Big Jake

Year:

1971

Duration:

110 min

Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Western

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

George Sherman

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1971-05-26

Filming Locations: Rancho Marley, Durango, Mexico

Earnings

Cast

Actor

Character

Glenn Corbett

John Wayne

Jacob McCandles

Richard Boone

John Fain

Patrick Wayne

James McCandles

Christopher Mitchum

Michael McCandles

Bruce Cabot

Sam Sharpnose

Bobby Vinton

Jeff McCandles

John Doucette

Buck Duggan

Maureen O'Hara

Martha McCandles

Jim Davis

Head of Lynching Party

John Agar

Bert Ryan

Harry Carey Jr.

Pop Dawson

Gregg Palmer

John Goodfellow

Roy Jenson

Gunman at Bathhouse in Escondero

Virginia Capers

Delilah

Bill Walker

Moses Brown

John McLiam

Army Officer

Bernard Fox

Scottish Shepherd

Don Epperson

Saloon Bully in Escondero

Jim Burk

Trooper

Dean Smith

James William 'Kid' Duffy

Ethan Wayne

Little Jake McCandles

Hank Worden

Hank

Tom Hennesy

Mr. Sweet

Chuck Roberson

Texas Ranger

Robert Warner

Will Fain

Jeff Wingfield

Billy Devries

Jerry Gatlin

Stubby

Everett Creach

Walt Devries

Pedro Galván

Doctor

Maria Rocio

Maria

Maria Rosario

Maria

Michael E. Burgess

Little Boy (uncredited)

José Ángel Espinosa 'Ferrusquilla'

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

George Fenneman

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

'Chico' Hernandez

Boy on Town (uncredited)

John Kelly

City Hawk (uncredited)

Jerry Summers

Escondero Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

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Trivia

This was the first of only three John Wayne films (the others being Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) and McQ (1974)) to receive AA certificates by the UK censor, meaning that they could only be seen by persons 14 and over. All other Wayne movies were rated 'A' (PG) or under.

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Cinema Center Films (CCF) also produced The Boys in the Band (1970), a film which examined gay men, the year before "Big Jake," a subject matter which would not have been palatable, for a business partner, to John Wayne, had he known about it.

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The dog was trained by the Weatherwax Kennels and was one of Lassie's children, but was not portrayed by Lassie himself. You can see the black hair coloring fading in the scene where Big Jake first meets Sam Sharpnose.

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Goofs

The windshield glass in the first automobile disappears during the close-up shots.

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When Big Jake shoots the wounded bandit from the shower cabin, the guy growls in pain, drops his pistol and falls backwards, but there is not one visible wound or even a drop of blood on his body, likely because the squib or squibs did not blow on cue.

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The guy that helps Hank bring in the trunk at the train station is later seen dancing in the saloon at Escondero, wearing the same clothes.

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Quotes

Jacob 'Big Jake' McCandles: You can call me Father, you can call me Jacob, you can call me Jake. You can call me a dirty son-of-a-bitch, but if you EVER call me Daddy again, I'll finish this fight.

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Martha McCandles: They're very dangerous men. They've already killed ten people, many of them you know... Juan and his family...

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Hotel desk clerk: I thought you were dead.

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