dated melodrama

A really long story about an east coast girl trying to settle in Texas against a background of the start of the oil boom. One of the 3 films James Dean made and apart from providing a couple of iconic movie posters his performance is fairly poor and not helped by an unsympathetic character which remains one dimensional. Rock HUdson shows greater range than his Doris Day movies but still seems lost, only Liz Taylor brings depth and naturalness to her role. Also fun to see a young Dennis Hopper.