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Bigger Than Life is a 1956 American drama film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring James Mason, Barbara Rush, and Walter Matthau. Its plot follows an ailing school teacher and family man whose life spins out of control when he misuses cortisone.
Bigger Than Life: Directed by Nicholas Ray. With James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon. A seriously-ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.
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- Drama
- Nicholas Ray
- 1956-09-05
When a friendly, successful suburban teacher and father (James Mason, in one of his most indelible roles) is prescribed cortisone for a painful, possibly fatal affliction, he grows dangerously addicted to the experimental drug, resulting in his transformation into a psychotic and ultimately violent household despot.
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After schoolteacher Ed Avery (James Mason) faints and is hospitalized, doctors diagnose him with a fatal arterial illness and tell him he has a few months to live. Ed agrees to an experimental...
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- James Mason
- Nicholas Ray
- Drama
When a suburban teacher and father (James Mason) is prescribed cortisone for a painful, possibly fatal affliction, he grows dangerously addicted to the experimental drug. This Eisenhower-era ...
- 3 min
- 80K
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When he learns his circus clown father has died and left him Vera, an 8,000-pound elephant, as an inheritance, he considers only one option: selling his father's beloved pet. He finds two buyers ...
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- Comedy
- PG
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