"Forgot to tell you, we got a letter from your Aunt Gladys. She was hoping we could come to Oklahoma and visit them... during your vacation. But I don't know. I was hoping we could paint the house."

"[to Moze] You took a no-account piece of land and a bunch of people that didn't know what they were doin' and you farmed that land better than anybody could - colored or white. You're the one that brought in the first bale of cotton this year. Don't you ever forget that."

"Right on my biscuit!"

"Sally Field - Edna Spalding"

"Albert Denby: Mrs. Spalding, when tragedies like this happen sometimes we have to face up to things that are real hard."

"Gennie James - Possum Spalding, Edna's daughter"

"Mrs. Spalding, believe me, if I had anyplace else to go tonight besides the State Home for the Infirm, I'd gladly leave right now. Now, when I came here, all I asked was to be left alone. I am not some kind of freak that is here on display for the amusement of those hooligans you call children."

"Jerry Haynes - Deputy Jack Driscoll"

"W.E. Simmons: You know what your trouble is, Mrs. Spalding? You are the victim of unbridled greed."

"Bert Remsen - Tee Tot Hightower"

"[Moze caught with her silver in hand] You ever try and steal anything from me again, I'll shoot you myself, you understand that? [Moze nods]"

"Amy Madigan - Viola Kelsey"

"Ray Baker - Sheriff Royce Spalding, Edna's late husband"

"Lindsay Crouse - Margaret Lomax, Edna's sister"

"Ed Harris - Wayne Lomax, Margaret's husband"

"Terry O'Quinn - Buddy Kelsey, Viola's husband"

"Lane Smith - Albert Denby (Banker)"

"Yankton Hatten - Frank Spalding, Edna's son"

"Danny Glover - Moses "Moze" Hadner"

"Toni Hudson - Ermine"

"Bill Thurman - Homer"

"Martha Gehman - Ophelia"

"[to Muldaur] I'm a policeman, you're a politician, and you're not running for office here!"

"Hubie and the truth have a way of not gettin' along with each other."

"The last thing she ever expected was to become a hero."

"Yeardley Smith - Putter"

"Richard Bradford - Pyatt"

"Barry Tubb - Hubie"

"When you're seventeen, people think they can do anything to you. Billie Jean is about to prove them wrong."

"Dean Stockwell - Muldaur"

"Helen Slater - Billie Jean"

"Keith Gordon - Lloyd"

"Christian Slater - Binx"

"Peter Coyote - Lieutenant Ringwald"

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

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

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

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

"Elizabeth Taylor - Leslie Lynnton Benedict"

"James Dean - Jett Rink"

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

"Leslie Lynnton--whether you loved her in the open or hid it inside you--you hungered..."

"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!"

"Bick Benedict was big, but he was biggest the one day when he crawled."

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

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

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