BIGGER THAN LIFE

Tuesday, August 18, 2026•9:00 PM

Suburban schoolteacher Ed Avery (James Mason) moonlights as a cab dispatcher to make ends meet, a fact he hides from his wife, Lou (Barbara Rush), and son, Richie (Christopher Olsen). Treated with the new “miracle” drug cortisone, Ed recovers — but also develops a manic personality and delusions of grandeur, becoming increasingly unhinged as he doubles and triples his dosages.

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