| The Big Show | |
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| Directed by | James B. Clark |
| Written by | Ted Sherdeman |
| Based on | I'll Never Go There Any More 1941 novel by Jerome Weidman |
| Produced by | James B. Clark Ted Sherdeman |
| Starring | Esther Williams Cliff Robertson Nehemiah Persoff |
| Cinematography | Otto Heller |
| Edited by | Benjamin Laird |
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Production companies | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $830,000[1] |
The Big Show is a 1961 DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope drama film directed by James B. Clark, starring Esther Williams and Cliff Robertson. The cast also includes Robert Vaughn, Margia Dean, Nehemiah Persoff and David Nelson,[2][3] who was best known to audiences of the time for The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet television show.[4]
This is the third variation of Jerome Weidman's novel I'll Never Go There Any More.[5] The other two are Broken Lance (1954) a western version starring Spencer Tracy, and House of Strangers (1949) set in the big city starring Edward G. Robinson.[6]
It was Lippert's most expensive film.[1]