The Big Country (1958)
The Big Country (1958)
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC | 7.0Gb
Audio: #1 English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #2 French AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: French, Spanish
02:45:00 | USA | Drama, Romance, Western
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC | 7.0Gb
Audio: #1 English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps, #2 French AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: French, Spanish
02:45:00 | USA | Drama, Romance, Western
A New Englander arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land.
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, Alfonso Bedoya, Chuck Connors, Chuck Hayward, Buff Brady, Jim Burk, Dorothy Adams, Chuck Roberson, Bob Morgan, John McKee, Slim Talbot, Richard Alexander, Harry Cheshire, Jay W. Jensen, Donald Kerr, Roddy McDowall, Carey Paul Peck, Jonathan Peck, Stephen Peck, Ralph Sanford
The Big Country (1958)
The Big Country (1958)
The Big Country (1958)
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 overload at the Bickford spread, settling for a romance with headstrong schoolmarm Jean Simmons, whose water-rich lands are being fought over by the two warring ranchers. When Jean is kidnapped by Ives' no-good son Chuck Connors, Peck decides to take action.
~ Hal Erickson
The Big Country (1958)
Oscar nominated Score (by Jerome Moross, his only Academy recognition) and some terrific imagery mark this story of a sea captain (Gregory Peck) as a "fish out of water" in the West as he follows his fiancee (Carroll Baker) home. Her father (Charles Bickford), who's family has been feuding with another (headed by Burl Ives), is not sure he approves; the ranch foreman (Charlton Heston) is sure he doesn't. Jean Simmons plays a schoolmarm caught in the middle and Chuck Connors (TV's The Rifleman) plays a son trying to live up to his father's (Ives) standards. This essential Western by director William Wyler (and adapted by his older brother Robert, Detective Story (1951), and Jessamyn West) features Ives' Oscar winning Best Supporting Actor performance, on his only nomination. Another of the film's fine performances is given by Alfonso Bedoya as Ramon, the Mexican ranch-hand.
~ Classic Film Guide
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The Big Country (1958)
The Big Country (1958)
The Big Country (1958)
