It's A Big Country

It's A Big Country

1952 | 1h 29m | Comedy, Drama | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

Every star under contract for MGM appears in this anthology of eight very different stories paying homage to the United States.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Richard Thorpe

CAST

Ethel Barrymore

Gary Cooper

Gary Cooper

Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly

Van Johnson

Nancy Reagan

Janet Leigh

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

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Host Intros

01:35
Tiffany Vazquez Intro -- It's A Big Country (1952)
Intro Aired: Jun 2017
TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces Its A Big Country, 1952.

Related Videos

It's A Big Country -- (Movie Clip) What America?
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In "Episode One" directed by Richard Thorpe, "traveler" James Whitmore meets "Professor" William Powell, in the MGM Americana anthology, It's A Big Country, 1952.
It's A Big Country -- (Movie Clip) Matter Of Some Importance
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Louis Calhern's narration beginning "Episode Two," directed by John Sturges, in which Mrs. Riordan (Ethel Barrymore) meets editor Callaghan (George Murphy), in the MGM anthology It's A Big Country, 1952.

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