Rebel Without a Cause
After an encounter with the police, a teenage rivalry ending in a death, misunderstood by their elders, three teenagers retreat to an abandoned mansion. The rival clique shows up to revenge their friend’s death, and then… To be honest, I don’t know how it ends. It watched this on a plane and fell asleep.
24-year-old James Dean, who looks 35, plays a confused teenager. Although some of them were still teenagers, the actors all look like they could be the parents of their characters. It’s all a bit surreal.
(1955) Director: Nicholas Ray. Screenplay: Stewart Stern Irving Shulman. Cast: James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo.