"You all think that the glory happened here in the East, don't you, with Valley Forge and Bunker Hill? Do you know about San Jacinto? Have you heard about the Alamo?"

"You want to know something, Leslie? If I live to be ninety, I will never figure you out."

"You sure do look pretty, Miss Leslie. Pert nigh good enough to eat!"

"Everybody thought I had a duster. Y'all thought ol' Spindletop Burke and Burnett was all the oil there was, didn't ya? Well, I'm here to tell you that it ain't, boy! It's here, and there ain't a dang thing you gonna do about it! My well came in big, so big, Bick and there's more down there and there's bigger wells. I'm rich, Bick. I'm a rich 'un. I'm a rich boy. Me, I'm gonna have more money than you ever thought you could have - you and all the rest of you stinkin' sons of... Benedicts!"

"Uncle Bawley: Bick, you shoulda shot that fella a long time ago. Now he's too rich to kill."

"The legendary epic that's as big as Texas."

"Sometimes any man can be a giant..."

"A picture of proud people. A love story. A cavalcade -- A conflict of creeds -- A personal drama of strong longings -- A story of big things and big feelings. This is Giant!"

"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."

"Elizabeth Taylor - Leslie Lynnton Benedict"

"Rock Hudson - Jordan "Bick" Benedict Jr."

"James Dean - Jett Rink"

"Jane Withers - Vashti Hake Snyth, the Benedicts' neighbor"

"Robert Nichols - Mort "Pinky" Snyth, Vashti's husband"

"Chill Wills - Uncle Bawley, Bick's uncle"

"Mercedes McCambridge - Luz Benedict, Bick's sister"

"Carroll Baker - Luz Benedict II, Leslie and Bick's younger daughter"

"Dennis Hopper - Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III, Leslie and Bick's son"

"Fran Bennett - Judy Benedict, Leslie and Bick's older daughter"

"Earl Holliman - Robert "Bob" Dace, Judy's husband"

"Elsa Cárdenas - Juana Villalobos Benedict, Jordan III's wife"

"Paul Fix - Dr. Horace Lynnton, Leslie's father"

"Judith Evelyn - Mrs. Nancy Lynnton, Leslie's mother"

"Carolyn Craig - Lacy Lynnton, Leslie's sister"

"Rod Taylor - Sir David Karfrey, Lacy's husband"

"Sal Mineo - Ángel Obregón II"

"Noreen Nash - Lona Lane"