Big Jake

A ranchers son is kidnapped and his estranged gunfighter father helps the family devise a plan to rescue him, leading to a shootout with the gang responsible. Big Jake is a 1971 American English-language Western motion picture starring John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O hara, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot and Jerry Chiat. Batjac Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Michael Wayne. Big Jake is written by Harry Julian Fink and Rita M. Fink and it is directed by George Sherman. Cinema Center Films through National General Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Big Jake was released on 26th May 1971 and takes a screen time of 110 minutes. The motion picture made a box office gross of $7 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Harry Julian Fink and R. M. Fink. Cinematography was done by William H. Clothier and editing by Harry Gerstad. The music was composed by Elmer Bernstein.