Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
The bad boy from a good family.
111 min
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.
- Release date
- October 27, 1955
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,500,000
- Box office
- $4,500,000
Trailer
Cast
- James Dean as Jim Stark
- Natalie Wood as Judy
- Sal Mineo as Plato Crawford
- Jim Backus as Frank Stark
- Ann Doran as Carol Stark
- Corey Allen as Buzz Gunderson
- William Hopper as Judy's Father
- Rochelle Hudson as Judy's Mother
- Dennis Hopper as Goon
- Edward Platt as Ray Fremick
Crew
- Nicholas Ray · Director
- Stewart Stern · Writer
- Irving Shulman · Writer
- Nicholas Ray · Writer
- David Weisbart · Producer
- Leonard Rosenman · Composer
- Ernest Haller · Cinematographer
- William H. Ziegler · Editor