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The Big Country is a 1958 American epic Western film directed by William Wyler, starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, and Charles Bickford. The supporting cast features Burl Ives and Chuck Connors .
The Big Country is a Western novel by Donald Hamilton.It was originally serialized in The Saturday Evening Post as Ambush at Blanco Canyon.Published two years prior to Hamilton's Death of a Citizen, which launched his popular Matt Helm series, it explores many of the same themes of self-reliance that dominated the author's work.
The story was collected for the first time in 1958, by Dell, as a Dell First Edition B115 paperback, and was reissued many times. In Aug. of 1958, the story was published by Dell Comics, as issue #946 of Dell's long-running showcase anthology Four Color Comics. [1] [2] The Big Country was published in hardcover in the UK in 1958 by Allan Wingate.
Big Country is a Scottish rock band. Big Country or The Big Country may also refer to: The Big Country (Hamilton novel), a 1958 novel by Donald Hamilton The Big Country, a 1958 American western film adaptation of the novel; The Big Country, a comic book adaptation of the film; The Big Country (Timms novel), a 1962 novel by E. V. Timms ...
1 Plot. 2 Cast. 3 Production. 4 Reception. 5 See also. ... Country: United States ... The Big Land is a 1957 American Western film in Warnercolor directed by Gordon ...
The Proud Rebel is a 1958 American Technicolor Western film directed by Michael Curtiz, with a screenplay by Joseph Petracca and Lillie Hayward that was based on a story by James Edward Grant. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is the story of a widowed Confederate veteran and his mute son who struggle to make a new life among sometimes hostile neighbors in the ...
The director, John Paddy Carstairs, remembered there were Ascot sequences in The Big Money and suggested Stewart look at it. The producer felt the film could be released with some additional editing and music. [12] This led to a June 1958 release and screenings on Rank's Odeon circuit. Producer Joseph Janni took his name off the credits.
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