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The Big Country

Name: Misner & Smith with Bruce Kaphan and Dillon Vado
Start: 2025-01-11
End: 2025-01-11

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

6:00pm Doors open 5:30 pm

Free entry. Donations greatly appreciated. Concessions open for purchase.

Sponsored by Westside Community Horse Park

A New England sea captain in the 1880s arrives at his fiancée’s sprawling Texas ranch where he becomes embroiled in a feud between two families over a valuable patch of land. Stars Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, and Carroll Baker.

William Wyler directed this almost three hour western with a sure hand and your interest does not wane for one minute. Gregory Peck had a hand in casting much of the film, specifically Burl Ives in his Academy Award winning performance as Rufus Hannessy.

Romance, Drama, Western.

Not rated. Made in 1958.

Runtime 2h 46m
Assistive listening devices available.