Rebel Without a Cause

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Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American drama film starring James Dean as a troubled suburban teenager, renowned for its exploration of adolescent angst and its lasting impact on youth culture in cinema.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film
drama film
film
basedOn Rebel Without a Cause: The Hypnoanalysis of a Criminal Psychopath
basedOnAuthor Robert M. Lindner
cinematographyBy Ernest Haller
colorProcess WarnerColor
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Nicholas Ray
distributedIn United States of America
surface form: United States
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy William H. Ziegler NERFINISHED
era 1950s American cinema
filmFormat CinemaScope
genre drama
teen drama
hasTheme generational conflict
peer pressure
search for identity
leadActor James Dean
leadActorCharacter James Dean
surface form: James Dean as Jim Stark
mainCharacter Jim Stark
musicBy Leonard Rosenman
notableFor depiction of teenage rebellion
iconic performance by James Dean
influence on youth culture in cinema
originalLanguage English
portrays adolescent angst
alienation
family conflict
juvenile delinquency
producer David Weisbart
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
rating PG-13
releaseDateUS 1955-10-27
releaseYear 1955
runtimeMinutes 111
screenwriter Stewart Stern
setIn Los Angeles
starring Ann Doran
Corey Allen
Edward Platt
James Dean
Jim Backus
Natalie Wood
Rochelle Hudson
Sal Mineo
William Hopper
storyBy Nicholas Ray
title Rebel Without a Cause self-link

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Griffith Observatory featuredInFilm Rebel Without a Cause
Dennis Hopper notableWork Rebel Without a Cause
James Dean notableWork Rebel Without a Cause
Dennis Hopper starredIn Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause title Rebel Without a Cause self-link
Ernest Haller workedOn Rebel Without a Cause
James Dean workedOn Rebel Without a Cause