Rebel Without a Cause poster
Director Nicholas Ray
Screenplay Stewart Stern

Rebel Without a Cause

Drama1955

Tagline: The bad boy from a good family.

Release Date: 1955-10-27

Duration: 111 minutes

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.

Casting

  • Natalie Wood
    Judy
  • James Dean
    Jim Stark
  • Dennis Hopper
    Goon
  • Edward Platt
    Ray Fremick
  • Sal Mineo
    John 'Plato' Crawford
  • Jim Backus
    Frank Stark
  • Rochelle Hudson
    Judy's Mother
  • Bert Stevens
    Police Detective (uncredited)
  • Ralph Moratz
    Boy at Planetarium (uncredited)
  • David McMahon
    Crunch's Father (uncredited)