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'''''Big Jake''''' is a [[1971]] [[Western (genre)|Western]] film, starring [[John Wayne]] and directed by [[George Sherman]]. Set in the year [[1909]], Wayne, plays Jacob "Big Jake" McCandles, an aging [[ranch]]er estranged from his family, whose [[ranch]] is raided by a ruthless [[gang]] of [[outlaw]]s, led by John Fain ([[Richard Boone]]), who murder some of the workers, wound one of his sons and kidnap his young grandson and hold the boy for [[ransom]]. While the lawmen in their new automobiles are ambushed, McCandles, with two of his other sons and an old Indian friend, takes justice into his own hands and goes to fight the bandits and rescue his grandson. While McCandles starts off estranged from his sons, and punching them around, they become united in this quest, and each make vital contributions.
When first released, Big Jake received some discord among John Wayne fans, who decried the film's seemingly bloodthirsty attitude to violence.
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This was the last film John Wayne and [[Maureen O'Hara]] appeared together. John Wayne's real life son, [[Patrick Wayne]], stars as one of his sons in the film, as does Robert Mitchum's son. Waynes youngest son [[Ethan Wayne]] stars as his grandson in the movie.
Some of the theme music was composed by famed composer [[Elmer Bernstein]].
The popular line "I thought you were dead" which many characters say to McCandles when they find out who is, was later homaged in [[John Carpenter]]'s [[Escape from New York]].
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