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