Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American coming-of-age melodrama film, directed by Nicholas Ray. The film stars James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen and William Hopper. It is also the film debut of Dennis Hopper, albeit in a minor role. It was filmed in the then recently introduced CinemaScope format. Focusing on emotionally confused suburban, middle-class teenagers, the film offers both social commentary and an alternative to previous films depicting delinquents in urban slum environments.
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author | Irving Shulman Nicholas Ray Stewart Stern |
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contentLocation | Los Angeles |
director | Nicholas Ray |
editor | William H. Ziegler |
genre | drama social |
keywords | abandon address book arrest betray bicker chicken chickie run date desk sergeant field trip first kiss gang leader grieve griffith observatory kill knife fight little girl move peer pressure police custody police station search steal turn wait wake up |
musicBy | Leonard Rosenman |
nomination | Academy Award for Best Story Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress |
producer | David Weisbart |
productionCompany | Warner Bros. Pictures |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
recordedAt | Los Angeles Santa Monica |
theme | melodrama romantic drama teen drama urban |