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The Big Country

Duration: 2 hours, 39 minutes

on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 6 months

Western. Having travelled west to claim the hand of the daughter of a powerful landowner, James McKay finds himself at the centre of a vicious feud between the Terrills and the Hannassey family. Show more

Contributors

Director:
William Wyler
James McKay:
Gregory Peck
Julie Maragon:
Jean Simmons
Steve Leech:
Charlton Heston
Patricia Terrill:
Carroll Baker
Rufus Hannassey:
Burl Ives
Maj. Henry Terrill:
Charles Bickford
Buck Hannassey:
Chuck Connors
Cracker:
Jim Burk
Producer:
William Wyler

BBC Two Northern Ireland

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