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Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

PG-13 Oct 27, 1955 Drama 1h 51m
User Score
75%
1,673 votes
Internet Movie Database
76%
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
8900%

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.

Nicholas Ray
Director
Stewart Stern
Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

James Dean
James Dean

Jim Stark
Natalie Wood
Natalie Wood

Judy
Sal Mineo
Sal Mineo

John 'Plato' Crawford
Jim Backus
Jim Backus

Frank Stark
Ann Doran
Ann Doran

Carol Stark
Corey Allen
Corey Allen

Buzz Gunderson
William Hopper
William Hopper

Judy's Father
Rochelle Hudson
Rochelle Hudson

Judy's Mother
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper

Goon

Full Cast & Crew

Media

Jim Stark Gets Into a Knife Fight at the Griffith Observatory | Rebel Without a Cause (1955) | TCM
Jim Stark Gets Into a Knife Fight at the Griffith Observatory | Rebel Without a Cause (1955) | TCM
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Knife Fight at Griffith Observatory
Knife Fight at Griffith Observatory
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Trailer
Trailer
Trailer
Full Movie Preview
Full Movie Preview
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Jim Stark Visits The Planetarium
Jim Stark Visits The Planetarium
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TCM Fathom Events Spot
TCM Fathom Events Spot
Teaser
House
House
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Allan Arkush on Rebel Without a Cause
Allan Arkush on Rebel Without a Cause
Featurette
Trailer
Trailer
Trailer
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Reviews

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A review by Filipe Manuel Neto
Written on 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 families, and the way in which this tension has a decisive influence on the latter's delinquent behavior. Living in homes where there is truly no love, but rather a well-organized routine, and where parental care is limited to material goods and the act of giving things, these young people accumulate a...

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