---
title: 'Big Jim McLain (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edward Ludwig'
released: '1952-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/big-jim-mclain-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044418/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Big Jim McLain (1952)

1952 · 90 min · Drama, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

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

## Credits

- **Producer:** [John Wayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wayne)
- **Director:** [Edward Ludwig](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-ludwig)
- **Screenplay:** [James Edward Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-edward-grant)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Paul Dunlap](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-dunlap)
- **Director of Photography:** [Archie Stout](https://cinepixo.com/people/archie-stout)
- **Editor:** [Jack Murray](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-murray)

## Cast

- [Veda Ann Borg](https://cinepixo.com/people/veda-ann-borg)
- [Harry Morgan](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-morgan)
- [Nancy Olson](https://cinepixo.com/people/nancy-olson)
- [John Hubbard](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hubbard)
- [John Wayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wayne)
- [Alan Napier](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-napier)
- [Hans Conried](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-conried)
- [James Arness](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-arness)

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