Bigger Than Life

United States of America, 1956

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When a friendly, successful suburban teacher and father is prescribed cortisone for a painful, possibly fatal affliction, he grows dangerously addicted to the experimental drug, resulting in his transformation into a psychotic and ultimately violent household despot.

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Credits

director

Nicholas Ray

costume design

Mary Wills

editor

Louis R. Loeffler

producer

James Mason

production company

20th Century Fox

screenplay

Cyril Hume

Richard Maibaum

story

Cyril Hume

Richard Maibaum

Duration

01:35:00

Production places
United States of America
Production dates
1956

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-26036

Language

English

Subject category

Drama

TMDB-Movie

26036

Wikidata

Q2694426

Collected

38 times

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