The Big Country (1958)

Rufus Crashes the Party

Rufus Hannassey (Burl Ives) crashes Major Terrill’s (Charles Bickford) party and delivers an ultimatum.

Directed by William Wyler.

© MGM 2012

Released in 1958 by MGM.

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  • editors-choice: Male Performances
  • primary-genre: Classics
  • primary-genre: Music and Musicals
  • primary-genre: Drama
  • secondary-genre: Classic Dramas
  • secondary-genre: Classic Country & Western
  • secondary-genre: Classics
  • mood: Tuff
  • mood: Angry
  • prop: Rifle
  • setting: Party
  • setting: Old West
  • theme: Vengeance
  • theme: Aggression
  • actor: Richard Alexander
  • actor: Burl Ives
  • actor: Carroll Baker
  • actor: Charles Bickford
  • actor: Harry Cheshire
  • actor: Charlton Heston
  • actor: Gregory Peck
  • actor: Ralph Sanford
  • director: William Wyler
  • producer: Gregory Peck
  • producer: Robert Wyler
  • producer: William Wyler
  • cinematographer: Franz Planer
  • composer: Jerome Moross
  • editor: Robert Belcher
  • editor: John Faure
  • costume-designer: Emile Santiago
  • costume-designer: Yvonne Wood
  • role-name: James McKay
  • role-name: Maj. Henry Terrill
  • role-name: Steve Leech
  • role-name: Rufus Hannassey
  • role-name: Patricia Terrill
  • role-name: Party guest
  • screenwriter: Robert Wilder
  • screenwriter: Sy Bartlett
  • screenwriter: Donald Hamilton
  • screenwriter: James R. Webb
  • screenwriter: Jessamyn West
  • screenwriter: Robert Wyler
  • year: 1958
  • studio: MGM

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