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The Big Country

1958

William Wyler

Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives ...

8.0

13,125

Western. Romance In a dry, parched canyon located in the southwest, a rich rancher battles it out with a poor counterpart for water rights. Yet in fact, neither man has control of the precious liquid. It really belongs to Julie Maragon, and she generously allows them both to use it. But when a cultured Easterner arrives with plans to marry the wealthy rancher's daughter, his presence sparks a fresh round of anger and resentment.

	Author	Review
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"It certainly lacks nothing in scoring with what you might call the major chords (...) It does not get far beneath the skin of its conventional Western situation and its stock Western characters."	NEU
United Kingdom	Bob McCabe Empire	"A high class soap that builds to a rewarding punch-out between Peck and Heston (...) Epic, heartbreaking cowboy story (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Variety	"'The Big Country' is nonetheless armed with a serviceable, adult western yarn (...) Peck gives one of his better performances (...) Ives is topnotch (...) Bickford is fine"	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Milne Time Out	"Finely crafted, though, with some marvellous camerawork (Franz Planer), an outstanding performance from Heston"	POS
United Kingdom	Tony Sloman Radio Times	"A film of truly epic dimensions (...) Thanks to the combination of top director William Wyler and a superb cast (...) the film is never tiresome, despite its length (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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