Big Jake is a 1971 American Technicolor Western film starring John Wayne, Richard Boone and Maureen O'Hara. The picture was the final film for George Sherman in a directing career of more than 30 years, and Maureen O'Hara's last film with John Wayne and her last before her twenty-year retirement.

Big Jake: Directed by George Sherman, John Wayne. With John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne. In 1909, when John Fain's gang kidnaps Jacob McCandles' grandson and holds him for ransom, Big Jake sets out to rescue the boy.

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After Martha (Maureen O'Hara) hires estranged husband Jacob (John Wayne) to rescue a kidnapped grandson he didn't know they had, he tangles with their son James (Wayne's own son, Patrick), in an early scene from

McCandles Ranch is overrun by a gang of cutthroats led by the evil John Fain. They kidnap little Jacob McCandles and hold him for one million dollars ransom. There is only one man brave enough,...

2024年12月2日 · Big Jake, starring John Wayne, is a classic Western film filled with action, family loyalty, and intense gunfights, captivating audiences with its timeless appeal and memorable characters.

In May 1971, a new John Wayne movie was released— Big Jake. The Technicolor Western cast Wayne in familiar territory, playing the role of Jacob “Big Jake” McCandles, who’s come home to avenge an attack on his ranch and rescue his grandson Little Jake from the deadly Fain Gang.

In the waning days of the wild old West, in 1909 Texas, the murderous gang of the vicious cut-throat, John Fain, raid the vast Jake and Martha McCandles' ranch--and after indiscriminately slaughtering men, women, and children--they abduct their eight-year-old grandson.

A mildly entertaining story of kidnap and ransom foiled by Big John that sags hopelessly when it comes to the big shoot-out.