Director George Stevens sweeping saga of family con_ ict and social consciousness based on Edna Ferbers best seller was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, with a win for Stevens*. Starring Rock Hudson as rancher Bick Benedict, Elizabeth Taylor as his wife Leslie and James Dean (in his _ nal _ lm role) as nouveau oil baron Jett Rink, this tale of three generations of Texans is both grand and as intimate as a letter from home (Sam Lesner, Chicago Daily News).