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It's A Big Country
TitleIt's A Big Country
Year1951
Time89 mins
GenreComedy; Drama
DirectorClarence Brown; Don Hartman
EditionWB Archive Collection
FormatDVD
ActorEthel Barrymore as Mrs. Brian Patrick Riordan; Keefe Brasselle as Sgt. Maxie Klein; Gary Cooper as Texas; Nancy Davis as Miss Coleman; Van Johnson as Rev. Adam Burch; Gene Kelly as Icarus Xenophon; Janet Leigh as Rosa Szabo Xenophon; Marjorie Main as Mrs. Wrenley; Fredric March as Joe Esposito; George Murphy as Mr. Callaghan; William Powell as Professor; S.Z. Sakall as Stefan Szabo; Lewis Stone as Church sexton; James Whitmore as Mr. Stacey; Keenan Wynn as Michael Fisher
RatingNR (Not Rated)
Cinematography
LanguageEnglish
PlotComprised 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.
ProducerDore Schary; Robert Sisk
WriterEdgar Brooke; Ray Chordes
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It's A Big Country