It had a great cast, including Carroll Baker, one of my heart-throb idols as I took a run through adolescence; although her part in this show was not as a likeable character.
There was so much likeable in this show...Question to Jim McCay, "Have you ever seen anything as big (as Texas)?...McCay: Yes I have...(Incredulous) Really! What?...(Answer) A couple of oceans.
Charleton Heston played a guy who, quite literally, grew and matured in the role.
Jean Simmons was never my favorite, but was better than great in this part.
Chuck Connors as a coward was acting at its best. How about that duel?
Peck did so many heroic things outside the view of his fellow characters. Jim McCay reported only to Jim McCay.
Burl Ives played a slug with real character.
It says right here: If you can watch the Big Country and not like it...you're pretty hard to please.
“The Big Country movie had it all...like Big Jake, High Noon and The Tall T.”
Have seen all of those except The Tall T.
“It had a great cast, including Carroll Baker, one of my heart-throb idols as I took a run through adolescence; although her part in this show was not as a likeable character.”
They had to make her character very unlikable so audiences would easily accept Peck dumping her and ending up with Jean Simmons whose character was the perfect woman for Peck’s McKay. Carroll Baker did a great job with the role though. A much better part for her than her later films “The Carpetbaggers” and “Harlow”.
“Chuck Connors as a coward was acting at its best. How about that duel?”
Indeed. A far cry from Lucas McCain. He was a much better actor than he was given credit for.
“It says right here: If you can watch the Big Country and not like it...you’re pretty hard to please.”
Agreed.