Overview
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.
Details
- Director
- Nicholas Ray
- Writer
- Stewart Stern
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $1,500,000
Cast
Ann Doran
Corey Allen
Dennis Hopper
Edward Platt
James Dean
Jim Backus
Natalie Wood
Rochelle Hudson
Sal Mineo
William Hopper
Keywords
authority
based on short story
car race
coming of age
gay subtext
griffith observatory
individual
parent child relationship
rebel
street gang
teen rebel
teenager
underground world
unsociability
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