The Big Country (1958)






Western with two opposing landowners, wealthy Henry Terrill (Charles Bickford) and patriarch Rufus Hannassey (Burl Ives), fighting over the grazing water known as Big Muddy.


Books with substantial mentioning of The Big Country

Peter W. Engelmeier (ed.)
Icons of film, The 20th century
Munich; New York, 2000

Jeff Rovin
The Films of Charlton Heston
Secaucus, N.J., 1977

Books with an entry on The Big Country

Herb Fagen
The encyclopedia of westerns
New York, 2003
pp. 36-37 info

Alan G. Fetrow
Feature Films, 1950 - 1959, a United States Filmography
Jefferson, NC, 1999

Paul Michael, editor in chief. James Robert Parish, associate editor
The American movies reference book, The sound era
Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,, 1969

Articles with an entry on The Big Country

John Caps, Soundtracks 101, Essential movie music: a listener's guide, in: Filmcomment, nr. 6 (Nov/Dec), 2003 pp. 31-49



Year: 1958
Country: United States
Language: English
 
IMDb: 0051411