From the novel by EDNA FERBER
THEY'RE CALLING IT ANOTHER "GONE WITH THE WIND"! (original print ad - all caps)
Jett Rink's shack. No one has ever set foot in it,--and then, suddenly, Leslie...ELIZABETH TAYLOR AS LESLIE LYNNTON
Bick Benedict, owning so much--except the one part of Leslie's life that is no part of his...ROCK HUDSON AS BICK BENEDICT
Jett Rink, the outsider--and Leslie, wealthy and beautiful...JAMES DEAN AS JETT RINK
Leslie Lynnton--whether you loved her in the open or hid it inside you--you hungered...
Bick Benedict was big, but he was biggest the one day when he crawled.
Jett Rink was made to get to the top -- so he could have the fun of falling all the way down.
The legendary epic that's as big as Texas.
Sometimes any man can be a giant . . .


Release Date: November 24, 1956

Warner Brothers


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Giant

Theatrical release poster by Bill Gold
Directed by
George Stevens
Produced by
George Stevens
Henry Ginsberg
Screenplay by
Fred Guiol
Ivan Moffat
Based on
Giant
1952 novel
by Edna Ferber
Starring
Elizabeth Taylor
Rock Hudson
James Dean
Carroll Baker
Jane Withers
Chill Wills
Mercedes McCambridge
Sal Mineo
Dennis Hopper
Music by
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
William C. Mellor
Edited by
William Hornbeck
Phil Anderson
Fred Bohanan
Distributed by
Warner Bros.
Release dates
October 10, 1956 (New York City)
November 24, 1956 (United States)
Running time
201 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$5.4 million[1]
Box office
$39 million[1]
Giant is a 1956 American epic Western drama film, directed by George Stevens from a screenplay adapted by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat from Edna Ferber's 1952 novel.[2] The film stars Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson and James Dean and features Carroll Baker, Jane Withers, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, Rod Taylor, Elsa Cardenas and Earl Holliman. Giant was the last of James Dean's three films as a leading actor, and earned him his second and last Academy Award nomination – he was killed in a car accident before the film was released. Nick Adams was called in to do some voice dubbing for Dean's role.[3]
In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[4]