It's a Big Country
It's a Big Country
Release: 1951-11-20
·Runtime: 89m
·★ 5.3
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Fred Santley
as Census Bureau Supervisor (uncredited)
Gary Cooper
as Texas
Gene Kelly
as Icarus Xenophon
Janet Leigh
as Rosa Szabo Xenophon
S.Z. Sakall
as Stefan Szabo
Keenan Wynn
as Michael Fisher
John Ericson
as Naval Ensign (uncredited)
Louis Calhern
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Ethel Barrymore
as Mrs. Brian Patrick Riordan
Nancy Reagan
as Miss Coleman
Marjorie Main
as Mrs. Wrenley
Fredric March
as Joe Esposito
William Powell
as Professor
Elisabeth Risdon
as Diner on Train (uncredited)
Sharon McManus
as Sam Szabo
Don Gordon
as Mervin (uncredited)
Keefe Brasselle
as Sgt. Maxie Klein
Van Johnson
as Rev. Adam Burch
Lewis Stone
as Church Sexton
James Whitmore
as Mr. Stacey
Angela Clarke
as Mama Esposito
George Murphy
as Mr. Patrick Callaghan
Leon Ames
as Secret Service Man
