The Big Country Page #2

Synopsis: Retired, wealthy sea Captain Jame McKay arrives in the vast expanse of the West to marry fiancée Pat Terrill. McKay is a man whose values and approach to life are a mystery to the ranchers and ranch foreman Steve Leech takes an immediate dislike to him. Pat is spoiled, selfish and controlled by her wealthy father, Major Henry Terrill. The Major is involved in a ruthless civil war, over watering rights for cattle, with a rough hewn clan led by Rufus Hannassey. The land in question is owned by Julie Maragon and both Terrill and Hannassey want it.
Genre: Romance, Western
Director(s): William Wyler
Production: MGM/UA
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
NOT RATED
Year:
1958
166 min
1,178 Views


The lamp lit.

You cooking, me eating.

Happy as two little dogies

at a waterhole.

I'm enchanted.

That's another thing I like about you,

teacher. All them words you know.

And the way you sashay down

the street, smilin' when we meet.

Passin' a word or two.

You been leadin' me on, teacher.

You're crazy! I've been pleasant

to you, that's all.

You ain't foolin' old Buck.

By the way, I just stopped

to pass the time of day

with your high and mighty friend

Pat Terrill and her intended.

He sure is a dude.

That the kind of a man you want?

With a bow tie, a fancy hat

and no nerve to hold a gun?

That's enough, Buck Hannassey.

I think you'd better leave.

You know something, Julie?

If we was to join your Big Muddy

with our place,

- the Terrills'd dry up like jimson weed.

- Will you get out of here?

I talked it over with Pa.

He likes the idea.

So do I.

Let go of me!

You're scared, ain't ya?

I like a woman that's scared of me.

If a woman was to tell the truth,

she likes a man who scares her a little.

You must be drunk!

All right, teacher.

But, remember, the Terrills

ain't no friends of ours.

I'll choose my own friends.

No, that won't do. You gotta

be on one side or the other.

You can't have it both ways.

School's over for today, teacher.

But I'll be back.

- Morning.

- Howdy.

- Morning.

- Howdy.

- Howdy.

- Good morning.

Morning.

My name is Ramn Gutirrez.

How do you do? My name is McKay.

Pleased to meet you. But I knew that.

Girls, this is Mr. McKay, who is

going to marry Miss Patricia.

Tell me, how many head of cattle

do you have here?

Oh, ten thousand... twenty thousand,

forty thousand, fifty thousand...

Cattle are not important to me.

You speak Spanish?

No. I understand you, though.

Perfectly.

Oh, very good!

- Mornin'

- Morning, Mr. Leech.

- You care to go ridin' this mornin'

- Yes, I'd like to very much.

Ramn, saddle up

a good horse for Mr. McKay.

Yes, sir.

How well do you ride?

Oh, I've ridden some in the East.

Different saddle, though.

If you can sit one saddle,

you can sit 'em all.

Ramn, put him up on Old Thunder.

Right over here.

Any time you're ready.

Nice day, isn't it?

Well?

Some other time, Leech.

We got a chuck-wagon horse

down at the big barn.

- Morning, Jim.

- Morning, Major.

Mornin', Major.

The boys always try to put

a stranger on Old Thunder.

- Sort of a standing joke.

- I see.

What time do you want to start, Major?

Any time. Just let me know

when you're ready.

Have some breakfast with me, Jim.

My daughter's not an early riser,

as you'll soon discover.

Don't let anything

Steve Leech said bother you.

He doesn't bother me.

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James R. Webb

James R. Webb (October 4, 1909 – September 27, 1974) was an American writer. He won an Academy Award in 1963 for How the West Was Won.Webb was born in Denver, Colorado, and graduated from Stanford University in 1930. During the 1930s he worked both as a screenwriter and a fiction writer for a number of national magazines, including Collier's Weekly, Cosmopolitan and the Saturday Evening Post. Webb was commissioned an army officer in June 1942 and became a personal aide to General Lloyd R. Fredendall who was commander of the II Corps (United States). Webb accompanied Fredendall to England in October 1942 and participated in the invasion of North Africa in November 1942 when the Second Corps captured the city of Oran. The Second Corps then attacked eastward into Tunisia. In February 1943 the German army launched a counterattack at Kasserine Pass which repulsed the Second Corps and nearly broke through the Allied lines. The Supreme Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower relieved Fredendall of command in March 1943 and sent him back to the United States where he became deputy commander of the Second United States Army at Memphis, Tennessee. Webb returned to the United States with Fredendall and later served in the European Theater. Webb left the Army after the war and returned to Hollywood, California, where he continued his work as a screenwriter. He died on September 27, 1974, and was buried in Los Angeles National Cemetery. more…

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