Big Jim is a 30-minute episode of the popular 1950s TV anthology
The Loretta Young Show. After Young swirls through her famous door, dressed to the nines, she offers a brief introduction to this human interest saga. Playing the mother of a teenager (played by
Bobby Driscoll), Loretta meets her son after a long absence, and tries to explain why she'll be leaving again soon. In flashback, we see the particulars of the mother-son relationship. A reconciliation between these two estranged souls is not necessarily a foregone conclusion, so the story should hold one's interest. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide