Bigger Than Life
1956 ‧ Thriller/Drama ‧ 1h 35m
7.4/10 · IMDb
91% · Rotten Tomatoes
After schoolteacher Ed Avery (James Mason) faints and is hospitalized, doctors diagnose him with a fatal arterial illness and tell him he has a few months to live. Ed agrees to an experimental treatment with cortisone, and makes what appears to be...
Release date: August 2, 1956 (USA)
Director: Nicholas Ray
Cinematography: Joseph MacDonald
Producer: James Mason
Distributed by: 20th Century Studios
Based on: "Ten Feet Tall"; by Berton Roueché
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