Big Jim McLain

Big Jim McLain

FILMED in HAWAII and FILLED with EXCITEMENT!

1952 · 90 min · ★ 5.0 · Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller

House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter come to post war Hawaii to track Communist Party activities even though belonging to the party was legal at the time. They are interested in everything from insurance fraud to the sabotage of a U.S. naval vessel.

Directed by Edward Ludwig · Written by James Edward Grant

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