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Bigger Than Life

Cast

James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon View All


Crew

Nicholas Ray (Director), Richard Maibaum (Screenplay), Richard Maibaum (Story), Cyril Hume (Screenplay) View All

Release: Aug. 2nd, 1956
Runtime: 1 hour, 35 minutes
A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
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Shot in deluxe color, wide screen CinemaScope this was a big budget film and one of the first to show the dangers of prescription drug addition and the resulting mental illness that can occur from drug abuse.


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