Truffaut 2009, pp. 145–146. Truffaut noted Nicholas Ray's low opinion of the medical profession, and of so-called "miracle drugs". His discussion of Bigger Than Life points out the visual similarity between the doctors in the film and "gangsters in crime films". Truffaut, François (2009). The Films In My Life. Da Capo Press. ISBN978-0-786-74972-0.