Big Jake

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Plot: Big Jake is not one of the Duke's classics, but a diverting attempt nonetheless. Everyone seems to think that Jacob McCandles is six-feet under ("I thought you was dead" is a running line throu...( read more  )ghout), so some bad men kidnap his grandson. They want a piece of the family fortune and will kill to get it. Patrick Wayne, the Duke's own son, plays one of Big Jake's kids, and together they start out after the boy's abductors. Richard Boone makes a worthy adversary to Jake's larger than life figure, and the final confrontation between the two contains some great gritted-teeth dialogue. Maureen O'Hara is barely in the feature, sharing the same fate as Bobby Vinton as the boy's father. He seems to be onscreen just to get shot. --Keith Simanton

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  chris200098

  One of my best lines that I ever remember is in this movie. You can call me dad, you can call me Jake, you can call me Father You can call me Jacob, you can call me a dirty son-of -a-bitch, but you ever call me daddy again I will finish this fight.

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  jeffsdolphin

  I love John Wayne. He Is my Hero. I love Big Jake This Movie Show's that family comes first.

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  Bobby Vinton
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  Bruce Cabot
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  Christopher Mitchum
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  Glenn Corbett
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  Harry Carey Jr.
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  Jim Davis
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  John Agar
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  John Doucette
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  Maureen O'Hara
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  Patrick Wayne
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  Richard Boone
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• Rated: (PG-13)
• Directed by: Bobby Vinton, Bruce Cabot, Christopher Mitchum, George Sherman, Glenn Corbett, Harry Carey Jr., Jim Davis, John Agar, John Doucette, John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne, Richard Boone, Roy Jenson
• Genres: Western, Classics
• Released: January 1, 1971
• DVD Released: April 29, 2003

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