The Big Country (1958)

Directed by

William Wyler

Genre

drama film, Western film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 45m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 418 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A retired sea captain arrives in a small Western town to marry his fiancee. He becomes caught in a bitter feud between two powerful ranchers over water rights and land.

grandiosestatelytension-filledwide-openmoraldeliberatevisually sweepingresolute

What happens

The Big Country is a 1958 American epic Western film directed by William Wyler, and starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, and Charles Bickford. The supporting cast features Burl Ives and Chuck Connors. Filmed in Technicolor and Technirama, the picture was based on the serialized magazine novel Ambush at Blanco Canyon by Donald Hamilton and was co-produced by Wyler and Peck. The opening title sequence was created by Saul Bass. This was also the final film role for Alfonso Bedoya. Ives won the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for his performance, as well as the Golden Globe Award. The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for the musical score, composed by Jerome Moross. The film is one of the few in which Heston plays a major supporting role rather than the lead. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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