Big Bad John is a 1990 American Western film directed by Burt Kennedy. It stars Ned Beatty and Jimmy Dean, the latter of whom wrote and performed the song the film is based upon.
The film was shot in Marshall, Texas. The film was only the second feature directed by Kennedy in 12 years.
Leonard Maltin described the film as a " Dumb movie based on the long-ago hit song" while Veva Vonler found it was "a good-ol '- boy movie".