GIANT (1956)

GEORGE STEVENS

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Cast

JAMES DEAN ELIZABETH TAYLOR ROCK HUDSON SAL MINEO JANE WITHERS DENNIS HOPPER FRED GUIOL IVAN MOFFAT EDNA FERBER HENRY GINSBERG

Plot

Texan rancher Bick Benedict visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. Whilst there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie, they are married immediately and return to his ranch. The story of their family and its rivalry with cowboy and (later oil tycoon) Jett Rink unfolds across two generations. James Dean earned his second Oscar nomination in this tale of frustration and revenge, wealth and racial oppression in Texas.