The big country

Resource Information

The work The big country represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The big country

Statement of responsibility

Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; United Artists presents William Wyler's production ; screenplay by James R. Webb & Sy Bartlett, Robert Wilder ; adaptation by Jessamyn West & Robert Wyler ; produced by William Wyler & Gregory Peck ; directed by William Wyler

Creator

• Big country (Motion picture)

Contributor

• West, Jessamyn
• MGM Home Entertainment Inc
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• United Artists Corporation
• trueBaker, Carroll, 1931-
• Bartlett, Sy, 1903-1978
• Bedoya, Alfonso, 1904-1957
• Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967
• Connors, Chuck, 1921-1992
• trueHamilton, Donald, 1916-2006
• Heston, Charlton
• Ives, Burl, 1909-1995
• Moross, Jerome, 1913-1983
• Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003
• Planer, Franz E., 1894-1963
• Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010
• Swink, Robert
• Webb, James R.
• trueWilder, Robert, 1901-1974
• Wyler, Robert, 1900-1971
• Wyler, William, 1902-1981

Actor

• Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967
• Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003
• Connors, Chuck, 1921-1992
• Bedoya, Alfonso, 1904-1957
• trueBaker, Carroll, 1931-
• Ives, Burl, 1909-1995
• Heston, Charlton
• Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010

Composer

• Moross, Jerome, 1913-1983

Director of photography

• Planer, Franz E., 1894-1963

Editor of moving image work

• Swink, Robert

Film director

• Wyler, William, 1902-1981

Film producer

• Wyler, William, 1902-1981
• Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003

Screenwriter

• Bartlett, Sy, 1903-1978
• Wyler, Robert, 1900-1971
• trueWilder, Robert, 1901-1974
• Webb, James R.
• West, Jessamyn

Subject

• Hamilton, Donald, 1916-2006 -- Film adaptations
• Ship captains -- Drama
• United States, West
• Vendetta
• Vendetta -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Western films
• Western films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Hamilton, Donald, 1916-2006
• Man-woman relationships
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Ranching
• Ranching -- West (U.S.) -- Drama
• Ship captains

Genre

• Feature films
• trueDrama
• Film adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Western films
• Fiction films

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

A retired ship captain moves west to marry and start life over as a rancher. He finds himself between two families at war over cattle watering rights, unaccepted by the local people, and in a deteriorating relationship

Member of

• Western legends

Awards note

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Ives), 1959.

Cataloging source

ZCU

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Franz F. Planer ; music, Jerome Moross ; supervising editor, Robert Swink

Dewey number

791.4372

Intended audience

Not rated by MPAA

Language note

English or French language soundtrack with optional subtitles in French and Spanish; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.B553 2001

PerformerNote

Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston, Carroll Baker, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, Chuck Connors, Alfonso Bedoya

Runtime

167

Series statement

Western legends

Technique

live action