ApprovedThe Big Country

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IMDB (21,770 votes)

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Play Time: 166 mins
Drama, Western, Romance
The Big Country

Overview:
Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.

Status: Released (1958-09-30)
Awards:Won 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 5 nominations total
Screen:James R. Webb, Sy Bartlett, Robert Wilder
Productions: United Artists, Anthony Productions, Worldwide Productions
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English, Español
The Big Country
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Reviews

John Chard

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I'm not going to go on living in the middle of a civil war. Retired sea Captain James McKay (Gregory Peck) arrives in the sprawling land of the West to marry fiancée Patricia Terrill (Carroll Baker). With an amiable, almost pacifistic approach to life, McKay confounds the ranchers ....

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CinemaSerf

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Gregory Peck ("McKay") is a well off, retired, sea captain who arrives to marry his fiancée "Pat Terrill" (Carroll Baker) and finds himself amidst the mother of all turf wars between her father "Major Terrill" (Charles Bickford) and his arch rival "Rufus Hannassey" (Burl Ives) and hi ....

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