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Bigger Than Life (1956)
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2 August 1956 (USA) moreTagline:
The story of the handful of hope that became a fistful of hell! morePlot:
A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreUser Comments:
a great film until the ending moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| James Mason | ... | Ed Avery | |
| Barbara Rush | ... | Lou Avery | |
| Walter Matthau | ... | Wally Gibbs | |
| Robert F. Simon | ... | Dr. Norton (as Robert Simon) | |
| Christopher Olsen | ... | Richie Avery | |
| Roland Winters | ... | Dr. Ruric | |
| Rusty Lane | ... | Bob LaPorte | |
| Rachel Stephens | ... | Nurse | |
| Kipp Hamilton | ... | Pat Wade |
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95 min | 91 min (FMC Library Print)Country:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (optical prints) (Westrex Recording System) | 4-Track Stereo (magnetic prints) (Westrex Recording System)Fun Stuff
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Marilyn Monroe, who was friends with Nicholas Ray and shooting Bus Stop (1956) at an adjoining stage at 20th Century Fox, shot a brief cameo as a nurse during a hospital sequence. Her scene was deleted because the studio was afraid that Monroe would use this cameo as the second film she owed under her contract. moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: 37 minutes into the movie, Ed is at the bathroom sink and has just replaced the pill bottle in the medicine cabinet. As he closes the cabinet door, the director and the camera are reflected in the mirror. moreQuotes:
Ed Avery: Childhood is a congenital disease - and the purpose of education is to cure it. We're breeding a race of moral midgets. moreFAQ
Will Nicholas Ray's 'Bigger Than Life' EVER be available on DVD???????more
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an intriguing comment on american 1950's lifestyle.All the elements are there-beautiful home,old football from school days,large fridge, young son, sexy wife.But underlying it all is strain and insecurity. This has to be paid for, health may collapse, the world is insecure-hydrogen bombs etc. All this, through the deus ex machina of cortisone addiction-drives James Mason to a madness of excess, of a kind of lust for pure quality, beautiful clothes for his wife ,zeal for learning, for sporting excellence,finally to an old testament manic purging of evil.The film survives its banal and turgid ending,but domestic bliss,domestic dementia and restrained domestic sex have seldom been better portrayed.