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.
| Directing | Nicholas Ray | Director |
| Production | James Mason | Producer |
| Writing | Cyril Hume | Screenplay |
| Writing | Richard Maibaum | Screenplay |
| Camera | Joseph MacDonald | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Cyril Hume | Story |
| Writing | Richard Maibaum | Story |
| Editing | Louis R. Loeffler | Editor |
| Writing | Berton Roueché | Short Story |
| Sound | David Raksin | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Art | Jack Martin Smith | Art Direction |
| Art | Walter M. Scott | Set Decoration |
| Art | Stuart A. Reiss | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Ray Kellogg | Special Effects |
| Directing | Eli Dunn | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Harry M. Leonard | Sound |
| Sound | W. D. Flick | Sound |
| Camera | Leonard Doss | Other |
| Sound | Ray Bomba | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Ralph Hickey | Sound Editor |
| Crew | James Mason | Additional Writing |
| Crew | Gavin Lambert | Additional Writing |
| Crew | Clifford Odets | Additional Writing |
| Crew | Nicholas Ray | Additional Writing |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Wills | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Helen Turpin | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Charles LeMaire | Wardrobe Designer |
| Sound | Lionel Newman | Conductor |
| Sound | Edward B. Powell | Orchestrator |
