It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1951)
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89 min
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.
- Release date
- November 20, 1951
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Ethel Barrymore as Mrs. Brian Patrick Riordan (segment: The Lady and the Cencus Taker)
- Keefe Brasselle as Sgt. Maxie Klein (segment: Letter from Korea)
- Gary Cooper as Texas (segment: Texas a.k.a. The Lone Star)
- Nancy Reagan as Miss Coleman (segment: Four Eyes)
- Van Johnson as Rev. Adam Burch (segment: Minister in Washington)
- Gene Kelly as Icarus Xenophon (segment: Rosika the Rose)
- Janet Leigh as Rosa Szabo (segment: Rosika the Rose)
- Marjorie Main as Mrs. Wrenley (segment: Letter from Korea)
- Fredric March as Joe Esposito (segment: Four Eyes)
- George Murphy as Mr. Callaghan (segment: The Lady and the Cencus Taker)
Crew
- Clarence Brown · Director
- Don Hartman · Director
- John Sturges · Director
- Richard Thorpe · Director
- Dore Schary · Writer
- William Ludwig · Writer
- Edgar Brooke · Writer
- Helen Deutsch · Writer
- Robert Sisk · Producer
- John Alton · Cinematographer
- Ray June · Cinematographer
- William C. Mellor · Cinematographer
- Joseph Ruttenberg · Cinematographer
- Ben Lewis · Editor
- Fredrick Y. Smith · Editor