Ed Avery is een leraar die lijdt aan hevige pijnen en blackouts. Hij wordt opgenomen in het ziekenhuis met een zeldzame vorm van een ontsteking aan de aders. De doktoren vertellen hem dat hij hooguit nog enkele maanden te leven heeft.
Nee, helaas is Bigger Than Life nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Richard Maibaum | Screenplay |
| Writing | Richard Maibaum | Story |
| Directing | Nicholas Ray | Director |
| Production | James Mason | Producer |
| Camera | Joseph MacDonald | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Cyril Hume | Story |
| Writing | Cyril Hume | Screenplay |
| Editing | Louis R. Loeffler | Editor |
| Sound | David Raksin | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Jack Martin Smith | Art Direction |
| Writing | Berton Roueché | Short Story |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Directing | Eli Dunn | Assistant Director |
| Sound | W.D. Flick | Sound |
| Art | Stuart A. Reiss | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Leonard Doss | Other |
| Sound | Ralph Hickey | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Ray Kellogg | Special Effects |
| Sound | Harry M. Leonard | Sound |
| Sound | Ray Bomba | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Gavin Lambert | Additional Writing |
| Crew | Nicholas Ray | Additional Writing |
| Crew | James Mason | Additional Writing |
| Crew | Clifford Odets | Additional Writing |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles LeMaire | Wardrobe Designer |
| Sound | Edward B. Powell | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Turpin | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Wills | Costume Design |
