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The Big Country

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The Big Country
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NR,2hrs 48min
Genres:
Western,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1958
Director:
William Wyler
Distributor:
MGM/UA
Starring:
Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker  ...more
Synopsis: In The Big Country Gregory Peck plays a seafaring man who heads west to marry Carroll Baker, the daughter of rancher Charles Bickford. Bickford is currently embroiled in a water-rights feud with covetous Burl Ives, so both he and his daughter are hoping that Peck can take care of himself. But Peck, who doesn't belief in fisticuffs, appears to be a coward, especially when challenged by Bickford's cocksure foreman Charlton Heston. The far-from-cowardly Peck decides to distance himself from the machismo ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Betzold, AMG Review
Burl Ives, better known for his singing, won an Oscar as a tyrannical land baron in this sweeping Western saga, a sprawling, nearly three-hour epic about two families feuding over water rights. It featured Gregory Peck opposite two love interests (Carroll Baker and Jean Simmons), and it had a major role for Charlton Heston as well. Even television's The Rifleman, Chuck Connors, was part of the cast. ... Full Review
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Gregory Peck
James McKay
Jean Simmons
Julie Maragon
Carroll Baker
Pat Terrill
Charlton Heston
Steve Leech
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