Bigger Than Life
Summary:
Based on an article in the New Yorker, Nicholas Ray's Bigger Than Life stars James Mason (who also produced the film) as elementary school teacher Ed Avery, a thoughtful, gentle man, with a loving wife, Lou (Barbara Rush), and a young son, Richie (Christopher Olsen), who loves him. Avery is successful and well liked in his community, but he is over-extended in his pursu... Full Summary >>
Cast:
James Mason - (Ed Avery)
Barbara Rush - (Mrs. Lou Avery)
Walter Matthau - (Wally Gibbs)
Robert Simon - (Dr. Norton)
Christopher Olsen - (Richie Avery)
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Review:
Nicholas Ray's Bigger Than Life never achieved the critical or popular success of his Rebel Without a Cause, released the previous year, but it holds up as an equally powerful look at the dark and troubling underside of life in a "normal" American family. While Rebel Without a Cause explored the impact of a weak and ineffectual father o... Continue >>
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