Big Country, The (1958): William Wyler’s Sprawling Western Starring Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons, and Burl Ives in Oscar Winning Role

In the sprawling saga “The Big Country,” one of the few Westerns the versatile and prolific Oscar-winning director William Wyler has made, Gregory Peck plays James McKay, a seafaring man heading West to marry Pat Terrill (Carroll Baker), the daughter of rancher Henry Terrill (Charles Bickford).