---
title: 'Bigger Than Life (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nicholas Ray'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bigger-than-life-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049010/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bigger Than Life (1956)

1956 · 95 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Bigger Than Life is a 1956 American drama film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring James Mason, Barbara Rush and Walter Matthau. Its plot follows an ailing schoolteacher and family man whose life spins out of control when he misuses cortisone. It is based on a 1955 article by medical writer Berton Roueché in The New Yorker, titled "Ten Feet Tall". In addition to starring in the film, Mason produced it.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [James Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mason), [Nicholas Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-ray), [Clifford Odets](https://cinepixo.com/people/clifford-odets), [Richard Maibaum](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-maibaum), [Cyril Hume](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-hume)
- **Producer:** [James Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mason)
- **Director:** [Nicholas Ray](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-ray)
- **Original Music Composer:** [David Raksin](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-raksin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Joseph MacDonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-macdonald)
- **Editor:** [Louis R. Loeffler](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-r-loeffler)

## Cast

- [Walter Matthau](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-matthau)
- [Robert F. Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-f-simon)
- [James Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mason)
- [Barbara Rush](https://cinepixo.com/people/barbara-rush)
- [Roland Winters](https://cinepixo.com/people/roland-winters)

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