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Gregory Peck and Burl Ives in The Big Country

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The Big Country

film by Wyler [1958]

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discussed in biography

In William Wyler: Films of the 1950s of William Wyler
A western, The Big Country (1958), followed. It was based on a novel by Donald Hamilton and featured a powerhouse cast that included Peck, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives (in an Academy Award-winning performance as best supporting actor), Charles Bickford, and Jean Simmons in a story about two…
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Oscar to Ives for best supporting actor, 1958

role of Simmons

In Jean Simmons
(1953), Guys and Dolls (1955), The Big Country (1958), Elmer Gantry (1960), Spartacus (1960), and How to Make an American Quilt (1995).
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