Year: 1956
Genre:
Drama
Category: Movie
IMDB Rating: 7,6 (DINO Rating: 7,2)
Country: USA
Language:
Director: Nicholas Ray
Writer: Cyril Hume, Richard Maibaum, Burton Roueche, James Mason, Gavin Lambert, Clifford Odets, Nicholas Ray
Composer: David Raksin
Producer: James Mason
Actors: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau, Robert F. Simon, Christopher Olsen, Roland Winters, Rusty Lane, Rachel Stephens, Kipp Hamilton, Dee Aaker, David Bedell, Gail Bonney, Harold Bostwick, Lovyss Bradley, Mary Carroll, Virginia Carroll, Mary Carver, Betty Caulfield, Lonny Chapman, Lewis Charles, George Chester, Ruth Clifford, Richard Collier, Fred Dale, Nan Dolan, Nestor Eristoff, George Ford, Alex Frazer, Grace Hayle, Bill Jones, Colin Kenny, Gustave Lax, Wilbur Mack, Eve March, Thomas Martin, Portland Mason, Natalie Masters, Jerry Mathers, Mary McAdoo, Renny McEvoy, Joseph Mell, Sid Melton, Joe Merritt, John Monaghan, Eugenia Paul, Paul Peters, Gladys Richards, Mary Margaret Robinson, Gus Schilling, Ann Spencer, Hal Taggart
Description: Schoolteacher and family man Ed Avery, who's been suffering bouts of severe pain and even blackouts, is hospitalized with what's diagnosed as a rare inflammation of the arteries. Told by doctors that he probably has only months to live, Ed agrees to an experimental treatment: doses of the hormone cortisone. Ed makes a remarkable recovery, and returns home to his wife, Lou, and their son, Richie. He must keep taking cortisone tablets regularly to prevent a recurrence of his illness. But the "miracle" cure turns into its own nightmare as Ed starts to abuse the tablets, causing him to experience increasingly wild mood swings.
Comments: A seriously ill schoolteacher becomes dependent on a "miracle" drug that begins to affect his sanity. ------- Schoolteacher and family man Ed Avery, who's been suffering bouts of severe pain and even blackouts, is hospitalized with what's diagnosed as a rare inflammation of the arteries. Told by doctors that he probably has only months to live, Ed agrees to an experimental treatment: doses of the hormone cortisone. Ed makes a remarkable recovery, and returns home to his wife, Lou, and their son, Richie. He must keep taking cortisone tablets regularly to prevent a recurrence of his illness. But the "miracle" cure turns into its own nightmare as Ed starts to abuse the tablets, causing him to experience increasingly wild mood swings.
Duration: 95 minutes (at 23.976 frames per second)
File path: Z:\05687. Bigger Than Life (1956)\Bigger Than Life (1956).avi
Filesize: 1526 MB
Video: XviD - resolution: 688x272 - quality: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
Audio:
Subtitles: English