The Big Country

The Big Country

1958 | 2h 47m | Western, Drama | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

Gregory Peck stars in this classic western as an easterner who comes to the Southwest to get married and gets caught up in a violent land feud. Burl Ives won the 1958 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance as a family patriarch.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

William Wyler

CAST

Gregory Peck

Jean Simmons

Carroll Baker

Charlton Heston

Burl Ives

Charles Bickford

Alfonso Bedoya

Chuck Connors

PRODUCERS

Gregory Peck

William Wyler

WRITERS

Sy Bartlett

James R. Webb

Robert Wilder

Donald Hamilton

Host Intros

01:54
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Big Country (1958)
Intro Aired: Jun 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Big Country, 1958.
01:33
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- The Big Country (1958)
Intro Aired: Nov 2015
Ben Mankiewicz introduces The Big Country, 1958.
02:25
Robert Osborne Intro -- The Big Country (1958)
Intro Aired: Oct 2015
Robert Osborne introduces The Big Country, 1958.

Related Videos

Big Country, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) 30 Years Overdue
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Hostile neighbor Rufus Hannassey (Burl Ives) intrudes on the Terrill wedding announcement party, confronting the major (Charles Bickford), aide Leech (Charlton Heston) and groom McKay (Gregory Peck) standing by, in William Wyler's The Big Country, 1958.
03:13
Big Country, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) You Can't Have It Both Ways
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Chuck Connors is Buck Hannassey, number one son at a local ranch whos just finished hassling the star (Gregory Peck), an east coast fella whos just been greeted by his fianceè, whose dad owns the rival ranch, and her friend Julie (Jean Simmons), the schoolteacher, with whom he now misbehaves, early in William Wylers The Big Country, 1958.
04:32
Big Country, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Know As I'd Wear That Hat
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After credits blazing across the prairie, Gregory Peck as Jim McKay of Maryland arrives in San Rafael, greeted by terse-friendly ranch foreman Charlton Heston, Chuck Connors leading local ruffians, Carroll Baker the awaiting bride-to-be, opening William Wylers The Big Country, 1958.
04:07
Big Country, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Welcome Aboard, Skipper
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Representing the ranching family he's marrying into, Maryland sea captain Jim McKay (Gregory Peck) pays a first visit to friendly but stubborn neighbor and schoolteacher Julie Maragon (Jean Simmons), who won't sell her land, in William Wyler's The Big Country, 1958.
Big Country, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Old Thunder
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McKay (Gregory Peck) enlists Ramon (Alfonso Bedoya) in his attempt to ride Old Thunder -- the Terrill family's notorious stallion -- in private, in William Wyler's The Big Country, 1958.
Big Country, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) You're A Bigger Fool
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McKay (Gregory Peck) and Leech (Charlton Heston) have agreed to a private pre-dawn showdown shot at remarkable distance by cinematographer Frank Planer in director William Wyler's The Big Country, 1958.
Charlton Heston Memorial Promo
Promo
TCM's remembrance of actor Charlton Heston features images from Ben-Hur (1959), Touch of Evil (1958) and The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) among others.
02:53
Big Country, The - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Feuding families vie for water rights in the old West in William Wyler's epic drama, The Big Country, starring Gregory Peck. Charlton Heston, Burl Ives and Jean Simmons (Telluride Film Festival honoree 2008).

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