Bigger Than Life is a 1956 American drama film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring James Mason, Barbara Rush and Walter Matthau. Its plot follows an ailing schoolteacher and family man whose life spins out of control when he misuses cortisone. It is based on a 1955 article by medical writer Berton Roueché in The New Yorker, titled "Ten Feet Tall". In addition to starring in the film, Mason produced it.
Bigger Than Life (1956)
Directed by Nicholas Ray
Genres - Drama |
Release Date - Sep 5, 1956 |
Run Time - 95 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - TV-PG
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Official Site
Budget
$1,000,000
Themes
Tags
Addiction, Cinemascope, Cortisone, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Miracle Drug, Schoolteacher
Attributes
Subject: about death
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Alternate Titles
Atrás do Espelho
PT
Bakom spegeln
SE
Bigger Than Life
AU, BR, CA, GB, US
De deur naar de afgrond
NL
Delirio de locura
AR, UY
Delírio de Loucura
BR
Derrière le miroir
CA, FR
Dietro lo specchio
IT
Eine Handvoll Hoffnung
DE
Giften i blodet
DK
Mai mare ca viaţa
RO
Más poderoso que la vida
ES
Mensch oder Teufel
AT, DE
One in a Million
, US
Peilin takana
FI
Piso ap' ton kathrefti
GR
Silnější než život
CZ
Tehlikeli Arzular
TR
Važnije od života
HR
Życie na szali
PL
Больше, чем жизнь
, RU
По-важно от живота
BG, BF
高于生活
CN
黒の報酬
JP