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Giant

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The first of three films starring James Dean who died 30 years ago this month. With Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson.
After a whirlwind romance and marriage to Bick Benedict, the beautiful Leslie heads for Texas, the half-million-acre Benedict Ranch and a new way of life.
This sprawling movie portrait of Texas life, based on Edna Ferber's famous novel, spans three decades of family life and the changing times between the 1930s and the post-war years. Dean plays the key role of Jett, a part he completed only three weeks before his fatal car accident.
(East of Eden is on BBC2 at 10.35 pm)
FILMS: page 29

Contributors

Based on the novel by:
Edna Ferber
Screenplay By:
Fred Guiol
Screenplay By:
Ivan Moffat
Produced By:
George Stevens
Produced By:
Henry Ginsberg
Directed By:
George Stevens
Leslie Benedict:
Elizabeth Taylor
Bick Benedict:
Rock Hudson
Jett Rink:
James Dean
Vashti Snythe:
Jane Withers
Uncle Bawley:
Chill Wills
Luz Benedict:
Mercedes McCambridge
Luz Benedict II:
Carroll Baker
Jordan Benedict III:
Dennis Hopper
Mrs Horace Lynnton:
Judith Evelyn
Dr Horace Lynnton:
Paul Fix
Sir David Karfrev:
Rodney Nichols
Bob Dace:
Alexander Scourby
Pinky Snythe:
Sal Mineo
Source: Radio Times

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