It's a Big Country
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Directed by Don Weis, John Sturges, Charles Vidor, Richard Thorpe, Clarence Brown, William A. Wellman, Don Hartman
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The story
Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern. Stories are framed by the lecture of a university professor. In one tale a Boston resident becomes angry when the census forgets to record her presence. Another sketch chronicles the achievements of African Americans while still another pays tongue-in-cheek tribute to Texas.
Cast & crew
Ethel BarrymoreMrs. Brian Patrick Riordan
Keefe BrasselleSgt. Maxie Klein
Gary CooperTexas
Nancy ReaganMiss Coleman
Van JohnsonRev. Adam Burch
Gene KellyIcarus Xenophon
Janet LeighRosa Szabo Xenophon
Marjorie MainMrs. Wrenley
Fredric MarchJoe Esposito
George MurphyMr. Patrick Callaghan
William PowellProfessor
S.Z. SakallStefan SzaboExplore the crew
- Director
- Don Weis
- Director
- John Sturges
- Director
- Charles Vidor
- Director
- Richard Thorpe
- Writer
- William Ludwig
- Writer
- Dore Schary
- Writer
- Ray Chordes
- Writer
- Charles Palmer
- Director
- Clarence Brown
- Writer
- Claudia Cranston
- Writer
- Lucille Schlossberg
- Director
- William A. Wellman
- Writer
- Helen Deutsch
- Writer
- Dorothy Kingsley
- Director
- Don Hartman
- Producer
- Robert Sisk
- Producer
- Dore Schary
- Director of Photography
- Ray June