Product Details

• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: May 22, 2007
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000O599W6
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,088 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Big Jim McLain" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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BIG JIM MCLAIN - DVD Movie

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40 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Underrated, January 20, 2002

By 

Brian Hamm (United States of America) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Big Jim Mclain [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This excellent movie about two detectives (6'4 (76) Wayne and 6'7 Arness) who search for Communism in the Honolulu area. The plot is realistic in the sense that the movie is about something that was happening in 1952. Many people don't like this, even though I don't know why. It has everything: comedy, action, scenery, adventure, remorse, etc. It is a switch for Wayne (who would make Hondo in '53 and The Searchers in '56.), but it shows how great an actor John Wayne is. This is a must-see movie for any fan of Wayne, big or small.

42 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars not wayne's best,but to slander the man is just low!!!!!, May 4, 2006

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John D. Page "movie fan" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Jim Mclain [VHS] (VHS Tape)

in answer to the "draft dodge" question,when wayne was 39 years old in 1939(yes 39) he became a star in stagecoach.at the age of 42(yes 42) he was given a deferment because of his AGE and the number of children he had not because he was a coward.john ford a vet of world war II9he lost an eye) made many movies with wayne and wouldn't have had wayne been a coward.no the movies isn't very good but its ok when viewed as a time capsule,and thats it.wayne looking to stop a commie plot in hawaii is an action movie and propganda,nothing more.
To call into question the honor and motives of a man like john wayne(who most of the world thinks of when you say american)is just wrong. this man did more for his country that most people ever do. no i don't think everything he belived in was right,but at least he stood up for what he thought and didn't attack people after they were gone and couldn't fight back.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Accurate than Detractors Would Like, November 22, 2008

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B. Marshall "Bronco Fan" (Littleton CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Big Jim McLain (DVD)

I have always viewed this as an iconic movie. It largely a forgotten piece, but in reality both records in Russia (excuse me - fmr Soviet Union)and in America have shown that the Communists and their sympathizers were very active, if not ineffectual. Ineffectual does not make them a Non-Threat.

Now to the movie - it is a movie, so reality is stretched. But it is John Wayne and a fine story. I found it entertaining, fun and moved along nicely.

As for those that are Anti-everything (America & John Wayne, etc, etc.) take a chill pill. Most of us do not care about your petty thoughts, concerns and tirades.