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It's a Big Country (1951) [NR]

Release Date:
November 20, 1951

Original Title:
It's a Big Country

Alternate Titles:
It's a Big Country: An American Anthology

Genres:
Comedy | Drama

Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 89

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Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Production

Director:
Clarence Brown
Don Hartman
John Sturges
Richard Thorpe
Charles Vidor
Don Weis
William A. Wellman

Director of Photography:
Ray June

Producer:
Dore Schary
Robert Sisk

Story:
Edgar Brooke
Isobel Lennart
John McNulty
Joseph Petracca
Allen Rivkin
George Wells

Writer:
Ray Chordes
Claudia Cranston
Helen Deutsch
Dorothy Kingsley
William Ludwig
Charles Palmer
Dore Schary
Lucille Schlossberg

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