Big Jake

Name: Big Jake
Genre: Western
Released: May 26, 1971
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Bobby Vinton, Bruce Cabot, Christopher Mitchum, Glenn Corbett, Harry Carey Jr.

1971

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National General Pictures | Release Date: May 26, 1971 | PG-13

Starring: Bobby Vinton, Bruce Cabot, Christopher Mitchum, Glenn Corbett, Harry Carey Jr., John Doucette, John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Richard Boone

Summary: In 1909, when John Fain's gang kidnaps Jacob McCandles' grandson and holds him for ransom, Big Jake (John Wayne) sets out to rescue the boy.

Director: George Sherman and John Wayne

Genre(s): Western

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 110 min

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Howard Thompson

Jogs along fairly tediously on the rescue trail, with the star being his laconic self, plus conventional spurts of violence, likewise the saddle humor. Read full review

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Big Jake is an extremely slick and commercial John Wayne starrer, this time as a long-gone husband out to rescue a grandson from kidnapper Richard Boone. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

O'Hara looks like she's just doing Wayne a favor, and Pat Wayne and singer Vinton just don't have much screen presence. These weaknesses plus a mediocre script add up to a very weak Wayne outing. Read full review

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A late Wayne Western, depending heavily on recycling better (and no better) earlier pictures. Read full review

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