"Giant" (1956) Rod Taylor -- billed as Rodney Taylor -- plays Sir David Karfrey, a small role in this giant of a film. Texan rancher Bick Benedict (Rock Hudson) visits a Maryland farm to buy a prize horse. While there he meets and falls in love with the owner's daughter Leslie (Elizabeth Taylor), who is engaged to Sir David Karfrey (Rod), an English diplomat. Leslie drops David and runs off to Texas with Bick. David winds up marrying her younger sister instead. The story of the Benedict family and its rivalry with Jett Rink (James Dean) unfolds across two generations, which is about how long the movie seems. For your Rod Taylor fix, tune in to the first 15 minutes, then for another 15 minutes for the wedding scene about mid-way through.

LINKS Internet Movie Database: Full cast and credits Review and synopsis from The Boston Phoenix: "Giant is still a whale of a movie"

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