De wat naïeve zeekapitein James McKay komt in een vete om waterrechten terecht tussen de rancherfamilies Terrill en Hannassey, wanneer hij op de ranch gaat logeren van zijn geliefde Patricia Terrill, die hij in het Oosten heeft leren kennen.
Nee, helaas is The Big Country nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | William Wyler | Director |
| Writing | Donald Hamilton | Novel |
| Writing | James R. Webb | Screenplay |
| Writing | Sy Bartlett | Screenplay |
| Writing | Robert Wilder | Screenplay |
| Production | Gregory Peck | Producer |
| Production | William Wyler | Producer |
| Sound | Jerome Moross | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Franz Planer | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Robert Belcher | Editor |
| Editing | John Faure | Editor |
| Production | Dorothy Whitney | Casting |
| Art | Frank Hotaling | Art Direction |
| Art | Edward G. Boyle | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Wood | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dan Greenway | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joan St. Oegger | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Ivan Volkman | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Buff Brady | Stunts |
| Camera | Fred Mandl | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Harry Maret | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Saul Bass | Title Graphics |
| Crew | Slim Talbot | Stunts |
| Writing | Jessamyn West | Adaptation |
| Writing | Robert Wyler | Adaptation |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gale McGarry | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Robert Swink | Second Unit |
| Sound | Del Harris | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Roger Heman Sr. | Sound Recordist |
| Crew | John K. Kean | Sound Recordist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Neva Rames | Set Costumer |
| Editing | Robert Swink | Supervising Film Editor |
| Editing | Hal Ashby | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Alexander Courage | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Gil Grau | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Bernard Mayers | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Conrad Salinger | Orchestrator |
| Directing | Sam Freedle | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Robert Gary | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Carey Leverette | Choreographer |
| Lighting | Harry Sundby | Gaffer |
| Production | Robert Wyler | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Robert Swink | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Ray Gosnell Jr. | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Harry Alphin | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Al Gonzales | Special Effects |
| Crew | Bill Babcock | Stunts |
| Crew | Jim Burk | Stunts |
| Crew | Martha Crawford | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Donna Hall | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Hayward | Stunts |
| Crew | John McKee | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Morgan | Stunts |
| Crew | Slim Pickens | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Roberson | Stunts |
| Camera | Eddie Garvin | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emile Santiago | Costume Design |
| Crew | Hal Needham | Stunts |
| Directing | Robert Templeton | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | John Livesley | Key Grip |
| Directing | John Waters | Second Unit Director |
