Bigger than Life
1956·United States·95 min.
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James Mason plays Ed Avery, a small-town, '50s schoolteacher working two jobs and suffering debilitating illness who finds a cure - a new experimental wonder drug that seems to take away his pain and appears to free him from the constraints that have held him back. But it also tips him over the edge, turning him from a meek, accommodating figure into a monster of excess and will.
DirectorNicholas Ray
MusicDavid Raksin
CinematographyJoseph MacDonald
CastJames Mason·Barbara Rush·Walter Matthau·Robert F. Simon·Roland Winters·Christopher Olsen·Rusty Lane·Kipp Hamilton·Rachel Stephens·Lovyss Bradley·Gail Bonney·Hal Taggart·Lewis Charles·Colin Kenny·Sid Melton·Grace HayleShow all
Original titleBigger than Life