Batjac Productions is an independent film production company founded by John Wayne in the early 1950s as a vehicle for Wayne to produce as well as star in movies. Its first release was Big Jim McLain with Warner Brothers in 1952, and its final film was also with Warner Brothers, McQ, in 1974. The corporation was named after a fictitious trading company mentioned in the 1948 film Wake of the Red Witch. The company name in Wake of the Red Witch was spelled Batjak, but Wayne's secretary misspelled it as Batjac on the corporation papers, and Wayne let it stand. After the actor’s death, his son, Michael Wayne managed and owned the company for over 30 years before he died in 2003. Michael's wife, Gretchen took over as owner and president that same year.

It was also the production company from which Robert Stack, Glenn Ford, James Arness and Victor Mature and Kirk Douglas got their beginnings or took refuge. The directors included John Wayne, Howard Hawks, William A. Wellman. John Farrow, Budd Boetticher among others.

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