FREE: John Wayne in "Big Jake" [VHS] (1971)

The listing, John Wayne in "Big Jake" [VHS] (1971) has ended.

Very good VHS in original box, with very minor wear on corners.

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 throughout), 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

# Actors: John Agar, Richard Boone, Jim Burk, Bruce Cabot, Virginia Capers
# Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, Original recording reissued, NTSC
# Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
# Number of tapes: 1
# Studio: Paramount
# VHS Release Date: December 12, 2000
# Run Time: 110 minutes