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Rebel Without a Cause

The bad boy from a good family.

1955 · PG-13 · 1h 51m

Directed by Nicholas Ray

7.5

TMDB audience score
1,852 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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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

  • Beverly Long
    Helen

  • Ian Wolfe
    Dr. Minton

  • Frank Mazzola
    Crunch

  • Robert Foulk
    Gene

  • Jack Simmons
    Cookie