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The Big Country
<html> <head> <title>The Big Country</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css"> <!-- .fotmbar { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: none} .fotmbar:hover { color: #FFFFFF; text-decoration: underline} .newslink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .newslink:hover { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink { color: #000000; text-decoration: none} .proflink:hover { color: blue; text-decoration: underline} .b1f, .b2f, .b3f, .b4f {font-size:1px; overflow:hidden; display:block;} .b1f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 5px;} .b2f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 3px;} .b3f {height:1px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 2px;} .b4f {height:2px; background:#e6e6e6; margin:0 1px;} .contentf {background: #e6e6e6; padding: 2px; } .contentf div {margin-left: 5px;} --> </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/trailer.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/trailer.css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <div> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is a beta version of NNDB</font></b></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"><b><font size="-1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> <nobr>Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </font></b></nobr></form></td> </tr> </table> <!-- COPYRIGHT (C) 2008 SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED --> <!-- NO PART OF THIS WEBSITE MAY BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION --> <!-- OF SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS (ON THE WEB, IN PRINT, OR OTHERWISE) --> <!-- --> <!-- SOYLENT COMMUNICATIONS --> <!-- PO BOX 4436, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040 USA --> </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=15 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> <font size=+3 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>The Big Country <nobr>(1-Oct-1958)</nobr></b></font><p> <img src="t.the-big-country-2.jpg" height=220 width=145 hspace=10 vspace=10 align=right><p> <p><p> <b>Director:</b> <a href="/people/463/000032367/">William Wyler</a><p><b>Writers:</b> Sy Bartlett; James R. Webb; <a href="/people/654/000114312/">Jessamyn West</a>; Robert Wilder; Robert Wyler<p><b>From short story:</b> <i>Ambush at Blanco Canyon</i> by Donald Hamilton<p><b>Keywords:</b> <a href="/lists/693/000083444/">Western</a>, <a href="/lists/123/000204508/">Feud</a><p><div><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/full-star-20.png"><img src="/empty-star-20.png"></div><p>Sea captain James McKay arrives in Texas from the East Coast to marry the daughter of a rancher; he finds himself in the middle of a feud between the Terrill and the Hannasseys, neither of which represent themselves well. Expansive western, one of the best. Burl Ives won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor; the film also received a nomination for Best Dramatic Score.<p> <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/810/000091537/"><font size=-1>Carroll Baker</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-May-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Baby Doll</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/121/000118764/"><font size=-1>Alfonso Bedoya</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Dec-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Doesn't need no stinking badges</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/453/000079216/"><font size=-1>Charles Bickford</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Nov-1967</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Song of Bernadette</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/087/000032988/"><font size=-1>Chuck Connors</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Apr-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Nov-1992</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Rifleman</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/961/000022895/"><font size=-1>Charlton Heston</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Oct-1923</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Apr-2008</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Ten Commandments</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/679/000042553/"><font size=-1>Burl Ives</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jun-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Apr-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/774/000023705/"><font size=-1>Gregory Peck</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Apr-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jun-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>To Kill A Mockingbird</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/535/000032439/"><font size=-1>Jean Simmons</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Jan-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Jan-2010</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Guys and Dolls</i></td> </tr> </table> <p><font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>REVIEWS</b></font><p><table><tr><td><img src="/rarrow.gif"></td><td>Have you seen this film? 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