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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.
Language
Budget$1,500,000
Revenue $4,500,000
English
Budget$1,500,000
Revenue $4,500,000
Keywords
individual
underground world
street gang
unsociability
car race
parent child relationship
authority
rebel
coming of age
based on short story
teen rebel
griffith observatory
teenager
gay subtext
Casts
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
Tom Bernard
Harry
Nick Adams
Chick
Jack Grinnage
Moose
Clifford Morris
Cliff
Almira Sessions
Planetarium Teacher (uncredited)
Paul Birch
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Dorothy Abbott
Nurse (uncredited)
Jimmy Baird
Beau (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Desk Sergeant #2 (uncredited)
John Close
Police Officer (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Chuck Hicks
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Nelson Leigh
Desk Sergeant #1 (uncredited)
David McMahon
Crunch's Father (uncredited)
Edward McNally
Approaching Officer (uncredited)
Peter Miller
Hoodlum (uncredited)
House Peters Jr.
Officer at Police Station (uncredited)
Nicholas Ray
Man in Last Shot (uncredited)
Gus Schilling
Attendant (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Police Detective (uncredited)
Dick Wessel
Planetarium Guide (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Ed (uncredited)
Ralph Moratz
Boy at Planetarium (uncredited)
Skipper Huerta
Little Boy (uncredited)
Crews
William H. Ziegler
Editor
David Weisbart
Producer
Ernest Haller
Director of Photography
Nicholas Ray
Director
Leonard Rosenman
Original Music Composer
Ron Burke
Stunts
Carey Loftin
Stunts
Paul Baxley
Stunts
Rod Amateau
Stunt Double
Bill Hickman
Stunts
Mushy Callahan
Stunts
Faye Michael Nuell
Stunt Double
Stanley Jones
Sound
Malcolm C. Bert
Art Direction
Moss Mabry
Costume Design
William Wallace
Set Decoration
Nicholas Ray
Story
Irving Shulman
Adaptation
Stewart Stern
Screenplay
Robert Farfan
Assistant Director
Gordon Bau
Makeup Supervisor
Don Alvarado
Assistant Director
Backdrops & Posters
