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.
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Film Cast:

• Jim Stark: James Dean
• Judy: Natalie Wood
• John ‘Plato’ Crawford: Sal Mineo
• Frank Stark: Jim Backus
• Carol Stark: Ann Doran
• Buzz Gunderson: Corey Allen
• Judy’s Father: William Hopper
• Judy’s Mother: Rochelle Hudson
• Goon: Dennis Hopper
• Ray Fremick: Edward Platt
• Mil: Steffi Sidney
• Crawford Maid: Marietta Canty
• Jim’s Grandmother: Virginia Brissac
• Helen: Beverly Long
• Dr. Minton: Ian Wolfe
• Crunch: Frank Mazzola
• Gene: Robert Foulk
• Cookie: Jack Simmons
• Harry: Tom Bernard
• Chick: Nick Adams
• Moose: Jack Grinnage
• Cliff: Clifford Morris
• Planetarium Teacher (uncredited): Almira Sessions
• Police Lieutenant (uncredited): Paul Birch
• Nurse (uncredited): Dorothy Abbott
• Beau (uncredited): Jimmy Baird
• Desk Sergeant #2 (uncredited): Paul Bryar
• Police Officer (uncredited): John Close
• Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited): Chuck Hamilton
• Ambulance Attendant (uncredited): Chuck Hicks
• Desk Sergeant #1 (uncredited): Nelson Leigh
• Crunch’s Father (uncredited): David McMahon
• Approaching Officer (uncredited): Edward McNally
• Hoodlum (uncredited): Peter Miller
• Officer at Police Station (uncredited): House Peters Jr.
• Man in Last Shot (uncredited): Nicholas Ray
• Attendant (uncredited): Gus Schilling
• Police Detective (uncredited): Bert Stevens
• Planetarium Guide (uncredited): Dick Wessel
• Ed (uncredited): Robert B. Williams
• Boy at Planetarium (uncredited): Ralph Moratz
• Little Boy (uncredited): Skipper Huerta

Film Crew:

• Original Music Composer: Leonard Rosenman
• Art Direction: Malcolm C. Bert
• Story: Nicholas Ray
• Producer: David Weisbart
• Adaptation: Irving Shulman
• Screenplay: Stewart Stern
• Editor: William H. Ziegler
• Director of Photography: Ernest Haller
• Sound: Stanley Jones
• Makeup Supervisor: Gordon Bau
• Costume Design: Moss Mabry
• Assistant Director: Don Alvarado
• Set Decoration: William Wallace
• Assistant Director: Robert Farfan

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