Bigger Than Life (1956)

Director: Nicholas Ray
Actors: James Mason, Barbara Rush, Walter Matthau
Genre: Drama
Release: 1956
Region: All Region(Region Code:0)
Format: DVD, Ntsc, Widescreen
Running Time: 91min
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Language: English
Subtitle: English, Korean, None

Storyline:
Schoolteacher and family man Ed Avery, who's been suffering bouts of severe pain and even blackouts, is hospitalized with what's diagnosed as a rare inflammation of the arteries. Told by doctors that he probably has only months to live, Ed agrees to an experimental treatment: doses of the hormone cortisone. Ed makes a remarkable recovery, and returns home to his wife, Lou, and their son, Richie. He must keep taking cortisone tablets regularly to prevent a recurrence of his illness. But the "miracle" cure turns into its own nightmare as Ed starts to abuse the tablets, causing him to experience increasingly wild mood swings.