It’s a Big Country
It's a Big Country
Overview
Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern. Stories are framed by the lecture of a university professor. In one tale a Boston resident becomes angry when the census forgets to record her presence. Another sketch chronicles the achievements of African Americans while still another pays tongue-in-cheek tribute to Texas.
Cast
Ethel Barrymore
Keefe Brasselle
Gary Cooper
Nancy Reagan
Van Johnson
Gene Kelly
Janet Leigh
Marjorie Main
Fredric March
George Murphy
William Powell
S.Z. Sakall
Lewis Stone
James Whitmore
Keenan Wynn
Elisabeth Risdon
Sharon McManus
Angela Clarke
Robert Hyatt
John Ericson
Louis Calhern
Leon Ames
Benny Burt
George Conrad
Don Gordon
A. Cameron Grant
Fred Santley
Dolly Arriaga
Crew
Dorothy Kingsley
Allen Rivkin
Ray Chordes
John McNulty
William A. Wellman
Charles Palmer
Don Hartman
Don Weis
William Ludwig
Charles Vidor
Lucille Schlossberg
Helen Deutsch
Clarence Brown
Edgar Brooke
Dore Schary
Claudia Cranston
Isobel Lennart
John Sturges
Joseph Petracca
Richard Thorpe
George Wells
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