| Big Bad John | |
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| Directed by | Burt Kennedy |
| Written by | Joseph Berry Burt Kennedy C.B. Wismar (story) |
| Based on | "Big Bad John" byJimmy Dean |
| Produced by | Red Steagall |
| Starring | Jimmy Dean Ned Beatty Jack Elam Romy Windsor Bo Hopkins |
| Cinematography | Ken Lamkin |
| Edited by | John W. Wheeler |
| Music by | Ken Sutherland |
Production company | Thunderhead Productions |
| Distributed by | Red River Films |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Big Bad John is a 1990 AmericanWestern film directed byBurt Kennedy. It starsNed Beatty andJimmy Dean, the latter of whom wrote and performed thesong the film is based upon.[1]
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The film was shot inMarshall Texas.[2] The film was only the second feature directed by Kennedy in 12 years.[3]
Leonard Maltin described the film as a " Dumb movie based on the long-ago hit song"[4] while Veva Vonler found it was "a good-ol '- boy movie".[2]