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Bigger Than Life (1956)
Directed by Nicholas Ray
“The story of the handful of hope that became a fistful of hell!”
Drama · 1h 35m
A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
Cast
James Mason
Ed Avery
Barbara Rush
Lou Avery
Walter Matthau
Wally Gibbs
Robert F. Simon
Dr. Norton
Christopher Olsen
Richie Avery
Roland Winters
Dr. Ruric
Rusty Lane
Bob LaPorte
Rachel Stephens
Nurse
Kipp Hamilton
Pat Wade
B
Betty Caulfield
Mrs. LaPorte (uncredited)
Virginia Carroll
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Renny McEvoy
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Nicholas Ray
- Screenplay
- Richard Maibaum, Cyril Hume
- Director of Photography
- Joseph MacDonald
- Original Music Composer
- David Raksin
- Editor
- Louis R. Loeffler
- Producer
- James Mason
Details
- Release date
- 1956-11-20
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- 20th Century Fox