The Big Country (1958)

Movie Details

Original Title The Big Country

Original Language EN

Revenue $3,500,000

Status Released

Popularity 2.0

Cast

Gregory Peck

James McKay

Popularity: 1.8

Jean Simmons

Julie Maragon

Popularity: 1.2

Carroll Baker

Patricia Terrill

Popularity: 4.7

Charlton Heston

Steve Leech

Popularity: 7.0

Burl Ives

Rufus Hannassey

Popularity: 3.5

Charles Bickford

Major Henry Terrill

Popularity: 7.0

Alfonso Bedoya

Ramón Guiteras

Popularity: 0.4

Chuck Connors

Buck Hannassey

Popularity: 2.3

Chuck Hayward

Rafe Hannassey

Popularity: 2.0

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Buff Brady

Dude Hannassey

Popularity: 0.2

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Jim Burk

Blackie / Cracker Hannassey

Popularity: 1.1

Dorothy Adams

Hannassey Woman

Popularity: 0.6

Key Crew

Producer William Wyler, Gregory Peck

Screenplay Robert Wilder, Sy Bartlett, James R. Webb

Editor Robert Belcher, John Faure

Director William Wyler

Production

United Artists

Anthony Productions

Worldwide Productions

Videos & Trailers

Late Night Fist Fight

Clip

Rufus Crashes Major Terrill's Party

Clip

The Hannassey Bunch

Clip

Official Trailer

Trailer

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

epic love triangle parent child relationship ranch honor cattle cowboy family feud pistol duel sea captain damsel in distress water conflict american west water rights gun fight neighbor feud domineering father retired army man cattlemen cattle stampede

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 8/10

Feb 7, 2017

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 ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Apr 13, 2023

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 ... Read more