Rebel Without a Cause
The bad boy from a good family.
Overview
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.
- Budget
- $1,500,000
- Revenue
- $4,500,000
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
James Dean
Jim Stark
Natalie Wood
Judy
Sal Mineo
John 'Plato' Crawford
Jim Backus
Frank Stark
Ann Doran
Carol Stark
Corey Allen
Buzz Gunderson
William Hopper
Judy's Father
Rochelle Hudson
Judy's Mother
Dennis Hopper
Goon
Edward Platt
Ray Fremick
Steffi Sidney
Mil
Marietta Canty
Crawford Maid
Virginia Brissac
Jim's Grandmother
Ian Wolfe
Dr. Minton
Robert Foulk
Gene
Nick Adams
Chick
Jack Grinnage
Moose
Almira Sessions
Planetarium Teacher (uncredited)
Paul Birch
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Dorothy Abbott
Nurse (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- Nicholas Ray
- Writers
- Nicholas Ray,Stewart Stern
- Producers
- David Weisbart
- Cinematography
- Ernest Haller
- Composer
- Leonard Rosenman
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Filipe Manuel Neto
March 14, 2024
**An iconic, culturally significant film that helped immortalize James Dean.** This is one of those classic films when the theme is teenage rebellion and generational clash. It is undoubtedly good, with a good story and good actors – it is the film that marked James Dean's short career – and continues to be a regular presence in classics cycles and specialty TV channels. The film explores quite well the difficult relationship between parents and their children within the wealthiest familie…
CinemaSerf
June 20, 2026
"Jim" (James Dean) is a kid with a troubled past whose parents have relocated to give him a bit of a fresh start at his new school. Pretty swiftly, though, he falls in with the wrong crowd - the sort that have flick-knife fights - and it looks like we are in for a repeat performance. Luckily for him, he has also two more benign influences on his new life. One is "Judy" (Natalie Wood) who comes from a decent home and the other is "Plato" (Sal Mineo) whose appreciation of his new friend borders on…