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The Big Country

Big they fought! Big they loved! Big their story!

7.6(432)19582h 47m4

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$3.5M
Language
English
  • love triangle
  • parent child relationship
  • ranch
  • honor
  • cattle
  • cowboy
  • family feud
  • pistol duel
  • sea captain
  • damsel in distress
  • water conflict
  • american west

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR13 Aug 1958
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG30 Sept 1958
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical18A30 Sept 1958
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1 Jan 1960
    • Physical14 mj.gov.br - Rep. Arrais23 Jan 2004
    • PhysicalIMDB13 Jan 2014
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP3 Apr 1959
    • TVTPArte5 Jun 2023
    • TVTPArte19 Apr 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1626 Mar 1959
  • HungaryHU

    • TheatricalKN14 Jan 1971
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalR18+25 Dec 1958
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical12DVD7 Feb 2007
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatricale 122 Jan 1960
  • RomaniaRO

    • Theatricalcinema „Luceafărul”, „Grădina Doina” și „București”17 Jul 1972
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical1 Mar 1963

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The Big Country was released on 13 August 1958.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    2/7/2017

    8/10

    I'm not going to go on living in the middle of a civil war. Retired sea Captain James McKay (Gregory Peck) arrives in the sprawling land of the West to marry fiancée Patricia Terrill (Carroll Baker). With an amiable, almost pacifistic approach to life, McKay confounds the ranchers he is now mixing with. Particularly the Terrill ranch foreman Steve Leech (Charlton Heston) who takes an immediate dislike to him. Not …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    4/13/2023

    7/10

    Gregory Peck ("McKay") is a well off, retired, sea captain who arrives to marry his fiancée "Pat Terrill" (Carroll Baker) and finds himself amidst the mother of all turf wars between her father "Major Terrill" (Charles Bickford) and his arch rival "Rufus Hannassey" (Burl Ives) and his disparate sons. Add to the mix, quite a bit of rivalry from Charlton Heston ("Leech") who is the Major's right hand man, and a man who…

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