It's a Big Country

It's a Big Country

Released on
Comedy, Drama
Runtime
89 mins
(7 votes)

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern. Stories are framed by the lecture of a university professor. In one tale a Boston resident becomes angry when the census forgets to record her presence. Another sketch chronicles the achievements of African Americans while still another pays tongue-in-cheek tribute to Texas.

Cast

  • Ethel Barrymore
  • Keefe Brasselle
  • Gary Cooper
  • Nancy Reagan
  • Van Johnson
  • Gene Kelly
  • Janet Leigh
  • Marjorie Main
  • Fredric March
  • George Murphy
  • William Powell
  • S.Z. Sakall
  • Lewis Stone
  • James Whitmore
  • Keenan Wynn
  • Elisabeth Risdon
  • Sharon McManus
  • Angela Clarke
  • Robert Hyatt
  • John Ericson
  • Louis Calhern
  • Leon Ames
  • Benny Burt
  • George Conrad
  • Don Gordon
  • A. Cameron Grant
  • Fred Santley
  • Dolly Arriaga

Director

  • Don Weis
  • John Sturges
  • Charles Vidor
  • Richard Thorpe
  • Clarence Brown
  • William A. Wellman
  • Don Hartman

Producers

  • Robert Sisk
  • Dore Schary

Screenwriter

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