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The Big Country

7.6

Released September 30, 1958Runtime 2h 47min

Big they fought! Big they loved! Big their story!

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.

Genres

Drama

Western

Romance

Production Companies

United Artists

Anthony Productions

Worldwide Productions

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $3,500,000
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Rent

Buy

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Cast

Gregory PeckJames McKay

Jean SimmonsJulie Maragon

Carroll BakerPatricia Terrill

Charlton HestonSteve Leech

Burl IvesRufus Hannassey

Charles BickfordMajor Henry Terrill

Alfonso BedoyaRamón Guiteras

Chuck ConnorsBuck Hannassey

Chuck HaywardRafe Hannassey

Buff BradyDude Hannassey

Jim BurkBlackie / Cracker Hannassey

Dorothy AdamsHannassey Woman

Chuck RobersonTerrill Cowboy

Bob MorganTerrill Cowboy

John McKeeTerrill Cowboy

Slim TalbotTerrill Cowboy

Roddy McDowallHannassey Watchman (uncredited)

Richard AlexanderParty Guest - Oceans (uncredited)

Harry CheshireParty Guest (uncredited)

Ralph SanfordParty Guest (uncredited)

William Hoehne Jr.Lefty Hannassey cowhand (uncredited)

Donald KerrLiveryman (uncredited)

Chuck HamiltonParty Guest (uncredited)

Crew

William WylerDirector

Ivan VolkmanAssistant Director

Sam FreedleScript Supervisor

Robert GaryScript Supervisor

Robert SwinkSecond Unit Director

Ray Gosnell Jr.Second Assistant Director

Robert TempletonSecond Assistant Director

John WatersSecond Unit Director

Donald HamiltonNovel

James R. WebbScreenplay

Sy BartlettScreenplay

Robert WilderScreenplay

Jessamyn WestAdaptation

Robert WylerAdaptation

Gregory PeckProducer

William WylerProducer

Dorothy WhitneyCasting

Robert WylerAssociate Producer

Jerome MorossOriginal Music Composer

Franz PlanerDirector of Photography

Robert BelcherEditor

John FaureEditor

Frank HotalingArt Direction

Edward G. BoyleSet Decoration

Yvonne WoodCostume Design

Dan GreenwayMakeup Artist

Joan St. OeggerHairstylist

Buff BradyStunts

Fred MandlCamera Operator

Harry MaretMakeup Artist

Saul BassTitle Graphics

Slim TalbotStunts

Gale McGarryHairstylist

Robert SwinkSecond Unit

Del HarrisSound Effects Editor

Roger Heman Sr.Sound Recordist

John K. KeanSound Recordist

Neva RamesSet Costumer

Robert SwinkSupervising Film Editor

Hal AshbyAssistant Editor

Alexander CourageOrchestrator

Gil GrauOrchestrator

Bernard MayersOrchestrator

Conrad SalingerOrchestrator

Carey LeveretteChoreographer

Harry SundbyGaffer

Harry AlphinSound Effects Editor

Al GonzalesSpecial Effects

Bill BabcockStunts

Jim BurkStunts

Martha CrawfordStunt Double

Donna HallStunts

Chuck HaywardStunts

John McKeeStunts

Bob MorganStunts

Slim PickensStunts

Chuck RobersonStunts

Eddie GarvinCamera Operator

Emile SantiagoCostume Design

Hal NeedhamStunts

John LivesleyKey Grip

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Reviews

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...

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...