Big Jim McLain

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.

Cast

John Wayne

as Jim McLain

Nancy Olson

as Nancy Vallon

James Arness

as Mal Baxter

Alan Napier

as Sturak

Veda Ann Borg

as Madge

Hans Conried

as Robert Henried

Hal Baylor

as Poke

Gayne Whitman

as Dr. Gelster

Gordon Jones

as Olaf

Robert Keys

as Edwin White

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