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Un profesor de escuela gravemente enfermo se vuelve dependiente de una droga "milagrosa" que empieza a afectar a su cordura.Un profesor de escuela gravemente enfermo se vuelve dependiente de una droga "milagrosa" que empieza a afectar a su cordura.Un profesor de escuela gravemente enfermo se vuelve dependiente de una droga "milagrosa" que empieza a afectar a su cordura.
- Premios
- 2 nominaciones en total
Robert F. Simon
- Dr. Norton
- (as Robert Simon)
David Bedell
- X-Ray Doctor
- (sin acreditar)
Gail Bonney
- Mother at PTA Meeting
- (sin acreditar)
Harold Bostwick
- Gentleman
- (sin acreditar)
Lovyss Bradley
- Churchgoer
- (sin acreditar)
Mary Carroll
- Mother at PTA Meeting
- (sin acreditar)
Virginia Carroll
- Mrs. Jones
- (sin acreditar)
Mary Carver
- Saleslady
- (sin acreditar)
Betty Caulfield
- Mrs. LaPorte
- (sin acreditar)
Argumento
¿Sabías que...?
- CuriosidadesThe main manufacturers of cortisone at the time, Merck in the US and Glaxo in the UK, were worried about the impact of this film on the public and their willingness to take the drug if prescribed by their physician. However, by the time of this film's release, newer and better formulations of the drug, along with greater knowledge of its uses and limitations had reduced (but not eliminated) the side-effects experienced by Ed in this film.
- PifiasWhen Ed has a barium X-ray, the image of the swallowed fluid is anatomically inaccurate. The fluid falls straight down to an extremely large "stomach" in his groin area.
Reseña destacada
James Mason becomes "Bigger than Life" in this 1956 Nicholas Ray film that also stars Barbara Rush and Walter Matthau. Mason plays Ed Avery, a schoolteacher who also is a part-time cab dispatcher. He is suffering from severe spasms that are getting worse.
Ed learns that he has a terminal illness that perhaps can be cured with a steroid, cortisone. He is helped, but he also begins to suffer from mood swings and depression and, as he takes more and more, veers completely out of control. Barbara Rush plays his suffering wife, and Walter Matthau is a family friend and coworker.
I actually had a family member who went into profound depressions because of continuing to take black market cortisone, so this film resonated with me. Mason, who produced the film, is terrifying. Barbara Rush is very good, though her character puts up with an awful lot before she makes a move. Matthau is good in a supporting role, but roles showcasing his true strengths as an actor were a few years away.
This is much more than a cautionary tale about steroids, which need to be taken and tapered off very carefully. In his cortisone-induced mindset, Ed Avery spouts off on the problems in society, very unusual in the repressed '50s. His ideas are a tad over the top, but there's a good kernel in them. Ray always did well with a rebellious mindset.
Ed learns that he has a terminal illness that perhaps can be cured with a steroid, cortisone. He is helped, but he also begins to suffer from mood swings and depression and, as he takes more and more, veers completely out of control. Barbara Rush plays his suffering wife, and Walter Matthau is a family friend and coworker.
I actually had a family member who went into profound depressions because of continuing to take black market cortisone, so this film resonated with me. Mason, who produced the film, is terrifying. Barbara Rush is very good, though her character puts up with an awful lot before she makes a move. Matthau is good in a supporting role, but roles showcasing his true strengths as an actor were a few years away.
This is much more than a cautionary tale about steroids, which need to be taken and tapered off very carefully. In his cortisone-induced mindset, Ed Avery spouts off on the problems in society, very unusual in the repressed '50s. His ideas are a tad over the top, but there's a good kernel in them. Ray always did well with a rebellious mindset.
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- 26 dic 2008
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- Presupuesto
- 1.000.000 US$ (estimación)
- Duración1 hora 35 minutos
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- Relación de aspecto
- 2.55 : 1
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By what name was Más poderoso que la vida (1956) officially released in India in English?
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