Rebel Without a Cause
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.
- Director
- Nicholas Ray
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $5M
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Cast
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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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The record
Awards
0 wins · 3 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 3 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Story
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Rebel Without a Cause returned 3.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $2M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $5M
- Release date
- Oct 27, 1955
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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