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Rebel Without a Cause

The bad boy from a good family.

PG-13 Drama

Starring: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran

Writer: Nicholas Ray, Irving Shulman, Stewart Stern

Release Date:
October 27, 1955
Ratings:
7.5 / 10
Director:
Nicholas Ray
Companies:
Warner Bros. Pictures

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.