Name: Rebel Without a Cause
Director: Nicholas Ray
Genre: Drama
Released: 1955-10-27
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 7.5
Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran

Rebel Without a Cause

“The bad boy from a good family.”

★ 7.5 /10 (1,735) • 1955 • 1h 51m

Drama

Director Nicholas Ray

Screenplay Nicholas Ray, Stewart Stern

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.