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Bigger Than Life
The story of the handful of hope that became a fistful of hell!
The story of the handful of hope that became a fistful of hell!
Drama - 1956
Bigger Than Life
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7.6
92%
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A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity.
Director:
,
Nicholas Ray
Cast:
,
James Mason
,
Walter Matthau
,
Christopher Olsen
,
Kipp Hamilton
,
Barbara Rush
,
Roland Winters
,
Rusty Lane
,
Robert F. Simon
,
Rachel Stephens

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Details

Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
95 min
Release date:
2 Aug 1956
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
1 nomination.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
This is Rebel Without a Cause for the grown-up world.
– ,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
Those who remember the creeping terror and eeriness of Mr. Roueche's real-life yarn will be sorry to learn that there is little terror or eeriness in the film.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
24 Jun 2006
fresh:
It's hard to think of another Hollywood picture with more to say about the sheer awfulness of 'normal' American family life during the 50s.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
23 Oct 2007
fresh:
James Mason has picked a powerful subject for his first 20th-Fox production and delivers it with quite a bit of dramatic distinction in carrying out the supervisory duties and as the male lead.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
23 Oct 2007
fresh:
The suits wanted a torn-from-the-headlines melodrama; what they got was the director at his expressionistic best, subverting the suburban fantasy and leaving nothing but tattered gray flannel and scorched earth in his wake.
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
25 Dec 2008
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