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2 unusual facts about Big Jim McLain


Big Jim McLain

Police arrive to place party leaders under arrest, but ultimately he and Nancy Vallon see them plead the Fifth Amendment and go free.

The film was rushed into release to beat two other John Wayne films, RKO's The Jet Pilot, which was not released until 1957, and Republic's The Quiet Man.


Journey to Freedom

The anti-Communist tone is comparable to other films of the Red Scare: I Married a Communist (1949), The Red Menace (1949) and Big Jim McLain (1952).


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