Rebel Without a Cause
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.
- genus: Drama
- Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
- keyword: individual, underground world, street gang, unsociability, car race, parent child relationship, authority, rebel, coming of age, gay interest, based on short story, teen rebel, griffith observatory, teenager, gay subtext
- cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen
