The Big Country (1958)

Synopsis of The Big Country

In The Big Country Gregory Peck plays a seafaring man who heads west to marry Carroll Baker, the daughter of rancher Charles Bickford. Bickford is currently embroiled in a water-rights feud with covetous Burl Ives, so both he and his daughter are hoping that Peck can take care of himself. But Peck, who doesn't belief in fisticuffs, appears to be a coward, especially when challenged by Bickford's cocksure foreman Charlton Heston. The far-from-cowardly Peck decides to distance himself from the machismo overload at the Bickford spread, settling for a romance with headstrong schoolmarm Jean Simmons, whose water-rich lands are being fought over by the two warring ranchers. When Jean is kidnapped by Ives' no-good son Chuck Connors, Peck decides to take action. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:

167 mins

Director(s):

William Wyler

Writer(s):

James R. Webb, Sy Bartlett, Robert Wilder

Producer(s):

Gregory Peck, William Wyler

Categories:

Westerns

• 1958 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

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