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.

[1] The film was shot in New Mexico.

[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".