Big Jim McLain (1952)

Directed by

Edward Ludwig

Genre

drama film, propaganda film, spy film, political thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two investigators for the House Un-American Activities Committee go to Hawaii in the 1950s to root out communists hiding in the labor union scene. They question suspects, follow leads, and try to break up a secret cell.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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