20th Century Fox presents

Bigger Than Life

Name: Bigger Than Life
Genre: Drama
Released: 1956-11-20

directed by Nicholas Ray

“The story of the handful of hope that became a fistful of hell!”

19561h 35mNRDrama

20th Century Fox presents

Bigger Than Life

directed by Nicholas Ray

“The story of the handful of hope that became a fistful of hell!”

19561h 35mNRDrama

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A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.

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husband wife relationship paranoia drug addiction hallucination family relationships hospital drugs mental illness schoolteacher cortisone verbal abuse family life father son relationship personality change mood swing

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