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The Big Country

Movie
1958
2h 46m
NR
English
Drama, Western, Romance
User Score: 
8
Critic Score: 
81
The Big Country' Poster
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.
The Big Country Poster

The Big Country

NR
Movie
1958
2h 46m
English
Drama, Western, Romance
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.
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81

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Gregory Peck
James McKay
Jean Simmons
Julie Maragon
Carroll Baker
Patricia Terrill
Charlton Heston
Steve Leech
Burl Ives
Rufus Hannassey
Charles Bickford
Major Henry Terrill
Alfonso Bedoya
Ramón Guiteras
Chuck Connors
Buck Hannassey
Chuck Hayward
Rafe Hannassey
Buff Brady
Dude Hannassey
Jim Burk
Blackie / Cracker Hannassey
Dorothy Adams
Hannassey Woman
Chuck Roberson
Terrill Cowboy
Bob Morgan
Terrill Cowboy
John McKee
Terrill Cowboy
Slim Talbot
Terrill Cowboy
Roddy McDowall
Hannassey Watchman (uncredited)
Richard Alexander
Party Guest - Oceans (uncredited)
Harry Cheshire
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford
Party Guest (uncredited)
William Hoehne Jr
Lefty Hannassey cowhand (uncredited...
Donald Kerr
Liveryman (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Party Guest (uncredited)
Directed By: William Wyler
Written By: James R. Webb (Screenplay), Sy Bartlett (Screenplay), + 2 more

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Juliosoft says...
6 years ago
Great movie, which looks great on the big screen. Great interpretations
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FinFan says...
9 years ago
Why not watch a real classic from time to time ? This kind of film making is rapidly becoming a dying art.
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John Chard
6 years ago
I'm not going to go on living in the middle of a civil war.

Retired sea Captain James McKay (Gregory Peck) arrives in the sprawling land of the West to marry fiancée Patricia Terrill (Carroll Baker). With an amiable, almost pacifistic approach to life, McKay confounds the ranchers he is now mixi More
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
Gregory Peck ("McKay") is a well off, retired, sea captain who arrives to marry his fiancée "Pat Terrill" (Carroll Baker) and finds himself amidst the mother of all turf wars between her father "Major Terrill" (Charles Bickford) and his arch rival "Rufus Hannassey" (Burl Ives) and his disparate son More
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