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The Big Country (1958)

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Original title: Big Country, The


DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 20, 2001
• R2: 11 Jun 2001

Running Time
2 hours, 45 minutes

Country USA

Production Companies
Anthony Productions, United Artists, Worldwide Productions

Studio Anthony-Worldwide, United Artists

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Other Titles
• The Big Country (1958)
• Weites Land (1959)
• Il Grande paese (1958)



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Genre: Romance, Drama, Western, Epic, Kidnapping

Tagline: Big they fought! Big they loved! Big their story!

Plot: Wyler's powerful Western covers a lot of territory with Gregory Peck a fish out of water as a sea captain who travels west to marry and settle, but finds himself in the middle of a bitter dispute over water rights and a jealous clash with the ranch foreman (Charlton Heston). He also discovers his fiancee isn't who he imagined and finds true romance with the local schoolmistress (Jean Simmons). Folk singer Burl Ives surprised audiences with his performance which garnered him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

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 Directed by
William Wyler
Ben-Hur, Roman Holiday, The Best Years of Our Lives
 Written by
Donald Hamilton
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Jessamyn West
Friendly Persuasion
 Cast
Gregory Peck
To Kill a Mockingbird, Cape Fear, Roman Holiday
Jean Simmons
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Spartacus, How to Make an American Quilt
Charlton Heston
Bowling for Columbine, Any Given Sunday, Tombstone
Chuck Connors
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Carroll Baker
The Game, Kindergarten Cop, Giant
Burl Ives
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, East of Eden, Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Charles Bickford
A Star Is Born, Days of Wine and Roses, Of Mice and Men
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 Music By
Jerome Moross
The War Lord, The Valley of Gwangi, The Cardinal



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