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Big Bad John

5.019901h 32mPG-13MovieActionWestern

Jimmy Dean's popular 1950 song is translated into a feature length movie about a young couple who elopes to escape the girl's evil stepfather.

DirectorBurt Kennedy
WritersJoseph Berry·Burt Kennedy
ProducerRed Steagall

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Cast · Directed by Burt Kennedy

JDJimmy Dean
Jimmy Dean
Cletus Morgan
JEJack Elam
Jack Elam
Jake Calhoun
NBNed Beatty
Ned Beatty
Charlie Mitchelle
RWRomy Walthall
Romy Walthall
Marie Mitchelle
JO
Jeff Osterhage
Alvin Mahoney
NVNed Vaughn
Ned Vaughn
Billy Mahoney
DEDoug English
Doug English
Big Bad John Tyler
BHBo Hopkins
Bo Hopkins
Lester
BTBuck Taylor
Buck Taylor
Bob Simmons
HWHank Worden
Hank Worden
Good Ole Boy

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Big Bad John hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around March 22, 1990. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.