It's a Big Country (1951)

• 60%
• 1951
• Comedy
• Drama
• John Sturges
• Charles Vidor
• Richard Thorpe
• Clarence Brown
• Don Weis
• William A. Wellman
• Don Hartman
• Ethel Barrymore
• Keefe Brasselle
• Gary Cooper

Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern. Stories are framed by the lecture of a university professor. In one tale a Boston resident becomes angry when the census forgets to record her presence. Another sketch chronicles the achievements of African Americans while still another pays tongue-in-cheek tribute to Texas.