- Country: USA
- Genres: Romance, Western
- Release: 1957-07-04
- Director: Gordon Douglas
- Writers: David Dortort , Martin Rackin , Frank Gruber
- Language: English
- Stars: Alan Ladd , Virginia Mayo , Edmond O’Brien , Anthony Caruso , Julie Bishop , John Qualen , Don Castle , David Ladd , Jack Wrather Jr. , George J. Lewis
- Runtime: 92 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Daikôgen (Japan) , Encontro com o Diabo (Brazil) , Orizzonti lontani (Italy) , Med glødende bly (Denmark) , Jagad på flykten (Sweden) , Herrscher über weites Land , The Big Land , Jaget på flukt (Norway) , Les loups dans la vallée (France, French Republic) , 大荒原(1957) (Japan) , Stampeded (United Kingdom) , Herrscher über weites Land (Austria) , The Big Land (Canada) , Nascimento de um Império (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Stampeded (United States of America) , Grandes horizontes (Spain) , The Big Land (United States of America) , Buffalo Grass (United States of America) , La gran tierra (Spain) , Canavarlar yatağı (Turkey) , Koston maa (Finland) , Stampeded (South Africa) , Oi lykoi tou Missouri (Greece) , Ţinutul întins (Romania)
- Plot: After the Civil War, bitterness remained between Southerners and Northerners. In order to supply eastern cities with beef, former Confederates from Texas drove their herds to the rail-heads in Missouri. After a long and hard cattle drive through the Bad Lands, former Confederate officer Chad Morgan and his partners arrive at a rail-head in Missouri where corrupt cattle buyer Brog and his gunfighter partner offer to purchase the Texans' herds for a pitiful sum. Brog knows the cattle are weakened by the long drive from Texas and cannot survive a return drive to Texas. He also knows the Texans are desperate to sell for any amount of money they can settle for. After selling their herds to crooked buyer Brog, the Texans blame their partner Chad Morgan for their misfortune. It was Chad who suggested they sell their herds in Missouri. Heartbroken, Chad splits with his partners. On a rainy night, Chad is refused lodging by embittered Northerners who still see him as a Confederate enemy. He finally finds shelter in a livery stable where he meets Joe Jagger, a likable Yankee who likes the whiskey too much. The two become friends after Chad saves Joe from being lynched by men whose booze Joe was trying to steal. At gunpoint, the two pals make their getaway from the livery stable and into the night. They decide to head for Kansas where their fortunes would eventually change.
- IMDB:tt0050192
The Big Land Cast · · · ALL
Gordon Douglas
Director
Alan Ladd
Chad Morgan
Virginia Mayo
Helen Jagger
Edmond O’Brien
Joe Jagger
Anthony Caruso
Brog
Julie Bishop
Kate Johnson
John Qualen
Sven Johnson
Don Castle
Tom Draper
David Ladd
David Johnson
George J. Lewis
Dawson
Don Kelly
Billy Tyler
James Anderson
Bob Cole
Charles Watts
Dick McCullough
Blackie Whiteford
Barfly (uncredited)
Art Felix
Barfly (uncredited)
Tom Smith
Barfly (uncredited)
Al Haskell
Barfly (uncredited)
George Sowards
Cowhand (uncredited)
Stacy Keach Sr.
Rebel in Livery Stable (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
First Bartender (uncredited)
John Doucette
Hagan (uncredited)