The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 85% of the 659 1950s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic89/100
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
1,820 audience votes
Key crew
- Nicholas RayDirector
- Leonard RosenmanOriginal Music Composer
- Stewart SternScreenplay
Cast
- James DeanJim Stark
- Natalie WoodJudy
- Sal MineoJohn 'Plato' Crawford
- Jim BackusFrank Stark
- Ann DoranCarol Stark
- Corey AllenBuzz Gunderson
- William HopperJudy's Father
- Rochelle HudsonJudy's Mother
- Dennis HopperGoon
- Edward PlattRay Fremick
- Steffi SidneyMil
- Marietta CantyCrawford Maid
Stills
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Themes
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