Giant
Sometimes any man can be a giant . . .
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11/8/1956Runtime
201 minsOverview
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.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$5,400,000Revenue
$32,855,818Homepage
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A sprawling three-hour saga that traces how wealth and prejudice reshape a Texas family across generations, balancing intimate character conflicts against the mythic sweep of the Old West transforming into oil-boom modernity. It's a film that insists on moral reckoning within the grandeur of an American epic.
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Heads up
Elizabeth Taylor
Leslie Lynnton Benedict
Rock Hudson
Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr.
James Dean
Jett Rink
Carroll Baker
Luz Benedict II
Jane Withers
Vashti Synthe
Chill Wills
Uncle Bawley
Mercedes McCambridge
Luz Benedict
Dennis Hopper
Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
Sal Mineo
Angel Obregón II
Rod Taylor
Sir David Karfrey
Judith Evelyn
Mrs. Nancy Lynnton
Earl Holliman
'Bob' Dace
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