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The bad boy from a good family.
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
James DeanJim Stark
Natalie WoodJudy
Sal MineoJohn 'Plato' Crawford
Jim BackusFrank Stark
Ann DoranCarol Stark
Corey AllenBuzz Gunderson
William HopperJudy's Father
Rochelle HudsonJudy's Mother
Dennis HopperGoon
Edward PlattRay Fremick
Steffi Sidney
Marietta CantyCrawford MaidExplore the crew
- Editor
- William H. Ziegler
- Producer
- David Weisbart
- Director of Photography
- Ernest Haller
- Director
- Nicholas Ray
- Original Music Composer
- Leonard Rosenman
- Screenplay
- Stewart Stern