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Big Jake -a classic John Wayne film
Leeann Houser - wrote on 11/02/20
Big Jake, one of John Wayne’s best performances, is the classic Western with a twist. Like some of John Wayne’s later pictures, the main character is faced with the modern world and his fight to remain true to his ways.
Called to his family he hasn’t seen in about 15 years, he is hired by his ex-wife, played by Maureen O’Hara, to track down and rescue his grandson he has never met.
His two grown sons join him and conflict within the group boils over as Big Jake confronts the modern world technology and mores.
An Apache tracker named Sam and John Wayne’s dog round out the team in search the kidnapped grandson.
Good all around action keeps the audience interested. One word of caution, this is a brutal movie, though most of the action is staged so that it is left to the viewer’s imagination.
Richard Boone is the main ‘heavy’ in this picture.
Highly recommended for John Wayne movie fans. Keep in mind this movie was made in the early seventies, so it reflects the social understanding of the time. Some stereotyping is done of minority characters, but none are placed in a position of out-right buffoonery.
