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Rebel Without a Cause

Nicholas Ray’s tale of juvenile delinquency helped immortalise James Dean as the ultimate rebel teen.

  • Director

    Nicholas Ray

  • With

    James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo

  • USA 1959. 110min

  • Digital 4K

  • Certificate

    PG

The destinies of three LA teens who struggle with school and find their home life emotionally confining are intertwined as events around them spiral out of control. Nicholas Ray’s era-defining portrait of middle-class teenage delinquency was like a lightning bolt to audiences in 1950s America. A huge success, it cemented the iconic status of Dean, who died in a road accident just prior to the film’s release, and made a major star of Wood.

‘It’s a great coming-of-age melodrama with an incredible cast.’
– Luke Hemmings, BFI Member

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