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The Big Country

The Big Country

7.6/ 10

TMDB Rating

400

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1958

Release Year

167 min

Runtime

Drama
Western
Romance

Overview

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.

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Keywords

love triangle
parent child relationship
ranch
honor
cattle
cowboy
family feud
pistol duel
sea captain
damsel in distress
water conflict
american west
water rights
gun fight
neighbor feud
domineering father
retired army man
cattlemen
cattle stampede
father daughter relationship
land rights
daughter of the boss
beautiful landscapes
fist fight

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Reviews(2)

7.5avg rating
John Chard

John Chard

February 7, 2017

8
8/10

I'm not going to go on living in the middle of a civil war. Retired sea Captain James McKay (Gregory Peck) arrives in the sprawling land of the West to marry fiancée Patricia Terrill (Carroll Baker). With an amiable, almost pacifistic approach to life, McKay confounds the ranchers he is now mixin

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

April 13, 2023

7
7/10

Gregory Peck ("McKay") is a well off, retired, sea captain who arrives to marry his fiancée "Pat Terrill" (Carroll Baker) and finds himself amidst the mother of all turf wars between her father "Major Terrill" (Charles Bickford) and his arch rival "Rufus Hannassey" (Burl Ives) and his disparate sons

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