The Big Man

1990 film by David Leland

Movie Film Q3489000

Facts

21 properties

Instance of: film
Director: David Leland^[1]
Genre: drama film, sport film^[4]^[5]
Publication date: 1990^[28]
Screenwriter: Don Macpherson^[2]
Based on: The Big Man^[6]
Producer: Liam Neeson, Kenny Ireland^[19]^[20]
Duration: +116^[35]
Cast member: Liam Neeson, Kenny Ireland, Joanne Whalley, Billy Connolly, Ian Bannen, Hugh Grant, Peter Mullan, Maurice Roëves, Jack Shepherd, Douglas Henshall, Pat Roach, Phil McCall^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
Color: color^[26]
Composer: Ennio Morricone^[3]
Country of origin: United Kingdom^[27]
Distributed by: Miramax, Netflix^[29]^[30]
Distribution format: video on demand^[23]
Filmiroda rating: Category III^[36]
Has characteristic: film based on a novel^[34]
Narrative location: Glasgow^[31]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[22]
Production company: Miramax^[21]
Review score: 20%, 4.1/10^[24]^[25]
Title: The Big Man, Crossing the Line^[32]^[33]

🏷️ Also known as

en Big Man en Crossing the Line en The Big Man fa مرد بزرگ hu A nagy ember ru Переступая черту zh 狂龍猛漢

🔖 Identifiers · 49

VIAF cluster ID: 222757212
AllMovie title ID: v11627
Allcinema film ID: 12135
AlloCiné film ID: 47339
BBC programme ID: b00m5qgl
BFI National Archive work ID: 150348012
CineMagia title ID: 960
Cinema.de ID: 1298897
ClassInd audiovisual work ID: 14155
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 23223
Douban film ID: 3021228
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 60091

Show all 49 identifiers +37

EDb film ID: t0004973
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/2BE2-0943-B22B-8FAB-5094-Q
ElFilm film ID: 98782
Elonet movie ID: 133416
FilmAffinity film ID: 798680
FilmVandaag ID: film/3524
Filmová databáze film ID: 5723
Filmweb.pl film ID: 10195
Freebase ID: /m/04ydvzd
Garance item ID: 8011734
IMCDB work ID: 99136
IMDb ID: tt0099136
ISAN: 0000-0000-E0CA-0000-9-0000-0000-A
Kinobox film ID: 250661
Kinopoisk film ID: 3438
LUMIERE film ID: 72291
LdiF ID: 27234
Letterboxd film ID: the-big-man
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 3368
MovieLens movie ID: 178487
MovieMeter film ID: 7726
MusicBrainz release group ID: 82332019-3d53-473c-b1d1-991541f4f161
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX4174303
Netflix ID: 60027350
NientePopCorn movie ID: the-big-man
OFDb film ID: 9813
PORT film ID: 54017
Plex media key: 5d776896d11dd300202283af
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/crossing_the_line_1990
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 28222
TCM Movie Database film ID (archived): 71907
TMDB movie ID: 54833
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 128480
TheTVDB movie ID: 32397
Trakt.tv ID: movies/the-big-man-1990
Trakt.tv film ID: 38895
ČSFD film ID: 15015

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🔗 Connections

Cast member 11

Liam Neeson, Hugh Grant, Billy Connolly, Joanne Whalley, Ian Bannen, Peter Mullan, Douglas Henshall, Pat Roach +3 more

Distributed by 2

Netflix, Miramax

Producer 2

Liam Neeson, Kenny Ireland

Composer 1

Ennio Morricone

Country of origin 1

United Kingdom

Director 1

David Leland

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Instance of 1

film

Narrative location 1

Glasgow

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Production company 1

Miramax

← Mb:performer of 1

Ennio Morricone

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ The Big Man — director (P57): David Leland. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ The Big Man — screenwriter (P58): Don Macpherson. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ The Big Man — composer (P86): Ennio Morricone. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ The Big Man — genre (P136): drama film. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ The Big Man — genre (P136): sport film. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ The Big Man — based on (P144): The Big Man. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ The Big Man — cast member (P161): Liam Neeson. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ The Big Man — cast member (P161): Kenny Ireland. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ The Big Man — cast member (P161): Joanne Whalley. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ The Big Man — cast member (P161): Billy Connolly. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ The Big Man — cast member (P161): Ian Bannen. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ The Big Man — cast member (P161): Hugh Grant. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ The Big Man — cast member (P161): Peter Mullan. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ The Big Man — cast member (P161): Maurice Roëves. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ The Big Man — cast member (P161): Jack Shepherd. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ The Big Man — cast member (P161): Douglas Henshall. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ The Big Man — cast member (P161): Pat Roach. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ The Big Man — cast member (P161): Phil McCall. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ The Big Man — producer (P162): Liam Neeson. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ The Big Man — producer (P162): Kenny Ireland. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ The Big Man — production company (P272): Miramax. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ The Big Man — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ The Big Man — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ The Big Man — review score (P444): 20%. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-08. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ The Big Man — review score (P444): 4.1/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-08. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ The Big Man — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ The Big Man — country of origin (P495): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ The Big Man — publication date (P577): 1990. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ The Big Man — distributed by (P750): Miramax. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ The Big Man — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ The Big Man — narrative location (P840): Glasgow. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ The Big Man — title (P1476): The Big Man. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ The Big Man — title (P1476): Crossing the Line. IMDb. Retrieved 2025-10-17. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ The Big Man — has characteristic (P1552): film based on a novel. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ The Big Man — duration (P2047): 116 minutes. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ The Big Man — Filmiroda rating (P2747): Category III. terjesztesre_kerulo_filmalkotasok_nyilvantartasa.xlsx. wikidata.org.

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8d ago · Rémi sim · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Garance item ID → 8011734

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #62846: Garance ID - Films, 199X"
9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗

IMCDB work ID → 99136

"Created claim: IMCDB work ID: 99136, batch #269964"
11w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Filmová databáze film ID → 5723

"Created claim: Filmová databáze film ID: 5723, batch #269267"
19w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗

MovieLens movie ID → 178487

Genre → drama film, sport film

"Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #38315: MovieLens IDs (part 2)"
20w ago · ~2026-35878-19 · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Color → color

Distribution format → video on demand

Instance of → film

Publication date → +1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

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"Created claim: Genre: drama film"

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