It's a Big Country
- Released on
- Runtime
- 89 mins
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.
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
- John Sturges
- Charles Vidor
- Richard Thorpe
- Clarence Brown
- Don Weis
- William A. Wellman
- Don Hartman
Producers
- Dore Schary
- Robert Sisk