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Bigger Than Life

1956, Movie, NR, 95 mins

BIGGER THAN LIFE
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James Mason gives a shattering performance in Nicholas Ray's BIGGER THAN LIFE, an extraordinarily rich study of mid-1950s malaise, hidden under the guise of being a medical case history of a man who undergoes a radical personality transformation after taking the experimental "wonder drug" cortisone. Ed Avery (James Mason) is a teacher who, after suffering a series of sharp pains, and then blacking out, is taken to the hospital for a battery of tests. He is diagnosed with a ... read more leave a comment
Year: 1956
Rated NR

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Cast
James Mason: Ed Avery
Barbara Rush: Lou Avery
Walter Matthau: Wally Gibbs
Robert F. Simon: Dr. Norton
Christopher Olsen: Richie Avery
Roland Winters: Dr. Rurich

 

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