Bigger Than Life (1956)
1h 35m
Running Time
August 2, 1956Release Date
Bigger Than Life (1956)
1h 35m
Running Time
August 2, 1956Release Date
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Plot.
A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
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Cast & Crew.
James Mason
Ed Avery
Barbara Rush
Lou Avery
Walter Matthau
Wally Gibbs
Robert F. Simon
Dr. Norton
Christopher Olsen
Richie Avery
Roland Winters
Dr. Ruric
Rusty Lane
Bob LaPorte
Rachel Stephens
Nurse
Gavin Lambert
Writer
Betty Caulfield
Mrs. LaPorte (uncredited)
Kipp Hamilton
Pat Wade
Clifford Odets
Writer
Virginia Carroll
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Renny McEvoy
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Nicholas Ray
Director
Billy Jones
Mr. Byron (uncredited)
Cyril Hume
Writer
Richard Maibaum
Writer
Dee Aaker
Joe (uncredited)
Berton Roueché
Writer
Jerry Mathers
Freddie (uncredited)
Portland Mason
Nancy (uncredited)
David Raksin
Composer
Natalie Masters
Mrs. Tyndall (uncredited)
Richard Collier
Milkman (uncredited)
Joseph MacDonald
Cinematographer
Louis R. Loeffler
Editor
Lewis Charles
Mr. McLennan (uncredited)
Gus Schilling
Druggist (uncredited)
Alex Frazer
Clergyman (uncredited)
Mary McAdoo
Mrs. Edwards (uncredited)
Mary Carver
Saleslady (uncredited)
Eugenia Paul
Saleslady (uncredited)
Gladys Richards
Lab Nurse (uncredited)
David Bedell
X-Ray Doctor (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
Dispatcher (uncredited)
George Chester
Janitor (uncredited)
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
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Wiki.
Bigger Than Life is a 1956 American drama film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring James Mason, Barbara Rush, and Walter Matthau. Its plot follows an ailing school teacher and family man whose life spins out of control when he misuses cortisone. It is based on a 1955 article by medical writer Berton Roueché in The New Yorker, titled "Ten Feet Tall". In addition to starring in the film, Mason produced it.
Though it was a box-office flop upon its initial release, many modern critics hail it as a masterpiece and a brilliant indictment of contemporary attitudes towards mental illness. In 1963, Jean-Luc Godard named it one of the ten best American sound films ever made.
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