Burl_Ives, better known for his singing, won an Oscar as a tyrannical land baron in this sweeping Western saga, a sprawling, nearly three-hour epic about two families feuding over water rights. It featured Gregory_Peck opposite two love interests (Carroll_Baker and Jean_Simmons), and it had a major role for Charlton_Heston as well. Even television's The_Rifleman, Chuck_Connors, was part of the cast. Staggering vistas and a grandiose story make this an emblematic Western, though its emotions are transparent. Some critics believed that it was an allegory about the Cold War. Veteran director William_Wyler had survived the anti-Communist blacklisting of the McCarthy era and, a year later, would go on to direct Ben-Hur. Michael Betzold, Rovi

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