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Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American coming-of-age romantic drama film, directed by Nicholas Ray. The film stars James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen and William Hopper. It is also the film debut of Dennis Hopper, albeit in a minor role.
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Rebel Without a Cause, American film drama, released in 1955, that is a classic tale of teenage rebellion and angst. The movie featured James Dean in one of his final roles; he died one month before the release.
Dean played Jim, a troubled but sensitive teenager who, although rejecting his elders’ values, desperately wants to belong and have purpose in his life. Soon after his family moves to a new town, he takes on violent gang members while finding comfort with fellow troubled teens Judy (played by Natalie Wood) and Plato (Sal Mineo).
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•Studio: Warner Brothers
•Director: Nicholas Ray
•Producer: David Weisbart
•Writer: Stewart Stern
•Music: Leonard Rosenman
•Running time: 111 minutes
•James Dean (Jim Stark)
•Natalie Wood (Judy)
•Sal Mineo (Plato)
•Jim Backus (Frank Stark)
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Rebel Without a Cause: Directed by Nicholas Ray. With James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus. A rebellious young man with a troubled past comes to a new town, finding friends and enemies.
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As the young rivals engage in a dangerous test of valour, two unexpected allies become Jim's unusual alternative family. Before long, the wheel of estrangement and defiance comes full circle. And the question remains.
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.
Rebel without a Cause (1955) James Dean plays a troubled young man with much to prove in this iconic film. Ray’s eloquent use of architectural space in his epochal account of middle-class teenage angst reminds us that he’d studied under Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Oct 27, 2015 · W hen Rebel Without a Cause was released 60 years ago, it was almost exactly a month after James Dean’s dramatic and tragic death shook Hollywood—and solidified the late actor’s celebrity.
