Bigger Than Life (1956)
Movie
A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
Directed By : Nicholas Ray
Genres : Drama
Status : Released
Released : Nov 20, 1956
Tagline : The story of the handful of hope that became a fistful of hell!
Length : 95 minutes
Cast
- James Mason
- Barbara Rush
- Walter Matthau
- Robert F. Simon
- Christopher Olsen
- Roland Winters
- Rusty Lane
- Rachel Stephens
- Kipp Hamilton
- Betty Caulfield
- Virginia Carroll
- Renny McEvoy
- Billy Jones
- Dee Aaker
- Jerry Mathers
- Portland Mason
- Natalie Masters
- Richard Collier
- Lewis Charles
- Gus Schilling
- Alex Frazer
- Mary McAdoo
- Mary Carver
- Eugenia Paul
- Gladys Richards
- David Bedell
- Joseph Mell
- George Chester
Crew
- Screenplay : Richard Maibaum
- Story : Richard Maibaum
- Screenplay : Cyril Hume
- Story : Cyril Hume
- Producer : James Mason
- Director : Nicholas Ray
- Director of Photography : Joseph MacDonald
- Editor : Louis R. Loeffler
- Short Story : Berton Roueché
- Art Direction : Lyle R. Wheeler
- Art Direction : Jack Martin Smith
- Set Decoration : Walter M. Scott
- Sound : W.D. Flick
- Assistant Director : Eli Dunn
- Special Effects : Ray Kellogg
- Original Music Composer : David Raksin
- Sound : Harry M. Leonard
- Sound Editor : Ray Bomba
- Set Decoration : Stuart A. Reiss
- Other : Leonard Doss
- Sound Editor : Ralph Hickey
- Additional Writing : Clifford Odets
- Additional Writing : James Mason
- Additional Writing : Gavin Lambert
- Additional Writing : Nicholas Ray
- Costume Design : Mary Wills
- Hairstylist : Helen Turpin
- Wardrobe Designer : Charles LeMaire
- Makeup Artist : Ben Nye
- Orchestrator : Edward B. Powell
- Conductor : Lionel Newman