The Big Country is big entertainment, a magnificent Western spectacle of rival Texas cattle barons clashing violently over the water rights of the Big Muddy ranch. Gregory Peck stars as Jim McKay, a sea captain who trades the expanse of the oceans for the open range of the West and grows to regret his choice. Charlton Heston is the menacing Steve Leech, a rugged ranch foreman who loves the land and has a keen eye on McKay's beautiful fianc
