Bigger Than Life

Ibsen's "A Doll's House" if Torvald took experimental steroids. A schoolteacher's prescription to combat pain spirals into psychosis, alienating his wife and son. James Mason's performance remains a benchmark for midcentury mania.

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Nicholas Ray directed Bigger Than Life in 1956. See Nicholas Ray's full filmography, where to start with Nicholas Ray, or where to go after you've seen everything by Nicholas Ray.

Bigger Than Life was released in 1956 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 95 minutes.