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Oct 4, 2023 · The movie was directed by William Wyler. Renowned director William Wyler took the helm for The Big Country, showcasing his talent for capturing grand landscapes and intense performances.
Jan 11, 2024 · The Big Country was the first film to bear Gregory Peck’s name as producer, fulfilling a desire born during his work with William Wyler on Roman Holiday. And his co-producer on the film was none other than Wyler, who later said he would never make another picture with Peck.
The Big Country is a 1958 American epic Western film directed by William Wyler, starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, and Burl Ives. The supporting cast features Charles Bickford and Chuck Connors.
Jan 21, 2024 · Four-time Academy Award winner William Wyler directs this action-packed adventure (scripted by James R. Webb, Sy Bartlett and Robert Wilder) that triumphs as “a work of art” (Motion Picture Herald).
Jan 21, 2024 · The bottom line is, for such a little-known film, there’s an incredible array of talent on display – and it shows. Unlike The Big Country which spawned no remakes, save a comic adaptation, all three stars of The Westerner returned for the Sept 23, 1940 episode of Lux Radio Theatre.
Jul 27, 2015 · Even at three hours, the film doesn’t drag because Wyler and company keep delivering fresh and memorable scenes, like gun-toting Burl Ives breaking in on Patricia Terrill’s homecoming party and inviting Bickford to kill him, then and there.
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Apr 15, 2005 · In The Big Country (1958), Wyler uses all Connors’ most unappealing attributes to their full and makes them work for the story (he also makes him victim of a great put-down: “You wanted me, pa?” “Before you was born I did.”) More astonishingly, he finds sympathy for the great lunk, and makes of his death a moving and pathetic spectacle.
