The Big Country

Movie · Western · Drama

Dazzling photography, an intelligent script, remarkable performances, superb direction and compelling music animate this large-scale Western. An ex-sea captain (Gregory Peck) comes West to marry Carroll Baker and settle down on the ranch of her father (Charles Bickford). A mutual dislike develops between Peck and the ranch foreman (Charlton Heston). Baker shares many of the "macho" sensibilities represented by Heston, which drives Peck away from her and into the arms of a schoolteacher (Jean Simmons)--who happens to own the only water for miles around. Bickford and Burl Ives have been competing for rights to Simmons' water and are willing to use any means to get it. The intertwining tensions between Peck & Heston and Bickford & Ives inevitably will lead to a climactic and violent confrontation.

1958 · 2h 45m
Director William Wyler

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The Big Country

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Dazzling photography, an intelligent script, remarkable performances, superb direction and compelling music animate this large-scale Western. An ex-sea captain (Gregory Peck) comes West to marry Carroll Baker and settle down on the ranch of her father (Charles Bickford). A mutual dislike develops between Peck and the ranch foreman (Charlton Heston). Baker shares many of the "macho" sensibilities represented by Heston, which drives Peck away from her and into the arms of a schoolteacher (Jean Simmons)--who happens to own the only water for miles around. Bickford and Burl Ives have been competing for rights to Simmons' water and are willing to use any means to get it. The intertwining tensions between Peck & Heston and Bickford & Ives inevitably will lead to a climactic and violent confrontation.

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Average 7.5
Reviews 12
Fresh 12

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Studio
MGM
Released
1958
Run Time
2 hr 45 min
Rated
PG
Region of Origin
United States
© 1958 Estate of Gregory Peck and the Estate of William Wyler. All rights reserved

Languages

Original Audio
English, Spanish
Audio

English (United States) (AAC), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), English (United States) , Arabic , Chinese, Traditional , Danish , Dutch , French (France) , German (Germany) , Italian (Italy) , Norwegian , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.