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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 271

The Big Cat

194975 minUnited States

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: English
This copy runs: 77:02
Subtitles: English

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Synopsis

Drought drives a cougar down from the Utah mountains to prey on livestock. A young man's arrival at his mother's former home places him among ranchers already under pressure. The hunt for the animal develops alongside a bitter dispute between neighbours.

Cast

Lon McCallister

Danny Turner

Peggy Ann Garner

Doris Cooper

Preston Foster

Tom Eggers

Forrest Tucker

Gil Hawks

DirectorsPhil Karlson

Behind the scenes

Utah locations included Cedar Breaks and Parowan Canyon. Their terrain grounds a story in which environmental hardship intensifies both animal predation and human conflict.

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Lon McCallister — Photographer not credited · Public domain
Peggy Ann Garner — 20th Century Fox · Public domain
Preston Foster — Photographer not credited · Public domain
Forrest Tucker — Lowell State Teachers College · Public domain

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