MOVIE · 1958
The Big Country
DramaRomanceWestern167 min
Retired sea captain Jim McKay heads West to marry into a powerful ranching family and lands in a bitter fight over land and water between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the Hannasseys. Gregory Peck is McKay, a wealthy outsider whose restraint and city polish make him an object of suspicion on a frontier that measures men by fists, horses, and duels. Jean Simmons’s Julie Maragon owns the patch of country both sides want, drawing McKay deeper into a feud that keeps widening. William Wyler frames the conflict against vast plains, tense courtship, and the rigid codes of pride that drive both families.
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