The big country

The Resource The big country
Label
The big country
Statement of responsibility
Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; United Artists presents William Wyler's production ; screenplay by James R. Webb & Sy Bartlett, Robert Wilder ; adaptation by Jessamyn West & Robert Wyler ; produced by William Wyler & Gregory Peck ; directed by William Wyler
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
Summary
A retired ship captain moves west to marry and start life over as a rancher. He finds himself between two families at war over cattle watering rights, unaccepted by the local people, and in a deteriorating relationship
Member of
Awards note
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Ives), 1959.
Cataloging source
ZCU
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Franz F. Planer ; music, Jerome Moross ; supervising editor, Robert Swink
Dewey number
791.4372
Intended audience
Not rated by MPAA
Language note
English or French language soundtrack (mono) with optional subtitles in French and Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.B553 2001
PerformerNote
Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, Chuck Connors, Alfonso Bedoya
Runtime
167
Series statement
Western legends
Technique
live action
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