* ActorShipping: There were rumours at the time that Creator/ElizabethTaylor was having an affair with one or both of her leading men. It turned out that she was just good friends with them.
* AwardSnub: While Creator/GeorgeStevens managed to win an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for his direction, the film managed to lose out Best Picture to ''Film/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays1956'' (now regarded as one of the worst films ever to claim the prize, likely thanks to votes being split between ''Giant'', ''Film/TheKingAndI'', and ''Film/TheTenCommandments1956''). Creator/JamesDean and Creator/RockHudson also both lost out to Best Actor to Creator/YulBrynner (though this is more debatable), Mercedes [=McCambridge=] lost out Supporting Actress, and Creator/ElizabethTaylor wasn't even nominated for Lead Actress.
* HilariousInHindsight: Jett Rink ends up becoming a conniving rich Texan who drives the rest of the characters against him. Normally, this wouldn't be too funny, but at around the 2:45 mark, when Jordy throws a bottle of alcohol at a sign with his initials, one can't help but laugh. [[Series/{{Dallas}} His initials are JR]].
* RetroactiveRecognition: That's a young Creator/DennisHopper as Jordy.
* VindicatedByHistory: The film was not well-received in Mexico because of the lack of understanding of anti-Hispanic discrimination in 1950s United States. But years later, many scholars in film history and criticism and Latin-American Pop Cultural studies recognized the film for its depiction of discrimination and for a broad range of Latino characters and issues.
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