“God was wrong!”

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James Mason, playing a teacher addicted to cortisone, delivers one of cinema’s greatest lines in Nic Ray’s fascinating 1956 CinemaScope production, Bigger Than Life.

For the record, I wasn’t the only one doing the ironing and watching it on Channel 4 last Friday afternoon. The best films are always on TV during the day.

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