As one of the final motion pictures made by the Duke in the early 1970s, Big Jake is a great film. While many may emphasize the film's particularly violent tone (in fact, this author has before), one ...

John Wayne has starred in 80 Westerns ... and Wayneâ s daring and early presence as a heroic figure. In Big Jake, Wayne plays ...

McCandles Ranch is overrun by a gang of cutthroats led by the evil John Fain. They kidnap little ... and that man is Big Jake.