REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
1955
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Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo [ More ]
Director: Nicholas Ray
Writers: Stewart Stern, Irving Shulman
Producer: David Weisbart
Cinematographer: Ernest Haller
Editor: William Ziegler
Production Designer: Malcolm Bert
Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Robert Osborne introduces REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) as James Dean’s most memorable performance of the three films Dean made before his untimely death in a car accident—one month before REBEL opened. Although the picture was initially slated to star Marlon Brando as a juvenile delinquent, director Nicholas Ray changed the theme to reflect the generation gap between American teens and their parents…
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