Big Jim McLain

Big Jim McLain
Theatrical poster
Directed byEdward Ludwig
Written byRichard English (story)
James Edward Grant
Eric Taylor
Produced byRobert M. Fellows
John Wayne
StarringJohn Wayne
Nancy Olson
James Arness
CinematographyArchie J. Stout
Edited byJack Murray
Music byPaul Dunlap
Arthur Lange
Emil Newman
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • September 17, 1952 (1952-09-17) (New York)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.6 million (U.S. rentals)

Big Jim McLain is a 1952 American film noir political thriller film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring John Wayne and James Arness as HUAC investigators hunting communists in world of organized labor in postwar Hawaii.