Rebel Without a Cause
- Release Date
- October 29, 1955
- Director
- Nicholas Ray
- Cast
- James Dean , Natalie Wood , Sal Mineo , Jim Backus , Ann Doran , Corey Allen
- Runtime
- 111
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- Stewart Stern , Irving Shulman , Nicholas Ray
- Tagline
- Jim Stark - a kid from a 'good' family - what makes him tick...like a bomb?
Summary
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.
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