The Big Country
The Big Country is a 1958 American epic Western film directed by William Wyler, starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, and Burl Ives. The supporting cast features Charles Bickford 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.
Plot
Former sea captain James McKay travels to the American West to join his fiancée, Patricia, where she lives on an enormous ranch, Ladder Ranch, owned by her father, Henry Terrill. Mr. Terrill has the biggest ranch in the area and everyone refers to him as "The Major."
Awards
Cast
- Alfonso Bedoya
- Alfred Balthoff
- Arnold Marquis
- Bob Morgan
- Burl Ives
- Carroll Baker
- Charles Bickford
- Charlton Heston
- Chuck Connors
- Chuck Roberson
- Dorothy Adams
- Eduard Wandrey
- Gregory Peck
- Heinz Engelmann
- Horst Niendorf
- Jean Simmons
- Margot Leonard-Schnell
- Marion Elisabeth Degler
- Paul Wilhelm Hubert Wagner
- Ralph Sanford
- Richard Alexander
- Roddy McDowall
More details
| author | James R. Webb Jessamyn West Sy Bartlett |
|---|---|
| award | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| contentLocation | Arizona |
| director | William Wyler |
| editor | Robert Swink |
| genre | western |
| keywords | abandon american old west american west around the world drive-in drive-in theater even injured morning new life ranch hand rid river sail sea captain search party terrorize wed west |
| musicBy | Jerome Moross |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| publisher | United Artists |
| recordedAt | Arizona California |
| theme | epic |