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East of Eden

Sometimes you can't tell who's good and who's bad! ...

1955 · PG · 1h 55m

Directed by Elia Kazan

7.5

TMDB audience score
846 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

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Cast

  • James Dean
    Cal Trask

  • Julie Harris
    Abra Bacon

  • Raymond Massey
    Adam Trask

  • Richard Davalos
    Aron Trask

  • Jo Van Fleet
    Kate Trask

  • Burl Ives
    Sam the Sheriff

  • Albert Dekker
    Will Hamilton

  • Lois Smith
    Anne

  • Harold Gordon
    Gustav Albrecht

  • Nick Dennis
    Rantani

  • Abdullah Abbas
    Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)

  • John Alban
    Townsman (uncredited)

  • Rose Allen
    Townswoman at Carnival (uncredited)

  • Frank Baker
    Townsman (uncredited)

  • Barbara Baxley
    Nurse (uncredited)

  • John Beradino
    Coalman at Lettuce Field (uncredited)

  • Joe Brooks
    Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)

  • Nora Bush
    Townswoman at Carnival (uncredited)