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Giant
Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
1956 · Directed by George Stevens · 201 min · Drama · Western · 32 frames
Tagline
Sometimes any man can be a giant . . .
Crew
- Screenplay: Ivan Moffat, Fred Guiol
- Cinematography: William C. Mellor
- Edited by: William Hornbeck
- Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
- Production design: Boris Leven
- Produced by: Henry Ginsberg, George Stevens
Cast
- Elizabeth Taylor as Leslie Lynnton Benedict
- Rock Hudson as Jordan 'Bick' Benedict
- James Dean as Jett Rink
- Carroll Baker as Luz Benedict II
- Jane Withers as Vashti Synthe
- Chill Wills as Uncle Bawley
- Mercedes McCambridge as Luz Benedict
- Dennis Hopper as Jordy Benedict
- Sal Mineo as Angel Obregón II
- Rod Taylor as David Karfrey
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, George Stevens Jr. Productions
- Budget: $5,400,000
- Box office: $32,855,818
- Themes: hotel, petrol, jealousy, judge, funeral, texas, wine cellar, ranch, senator, restaurant
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