A 1955 American drama about a troubled high-school transfer student navigating one volatile night with two equally unmoored classmates in suburban Los Angeles.
Production
Nicholas Ray directed for Warner Bros. in CinemaScope, with a screenplay developed from a 1944 case study by psychiatrist Robert M. Lindner. James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Sal Mineo headlined a cast that became a defining image of mid-century teenage anxiety.
Reception
The film opened in October 1955, four weeks after Dean’s death in a car crash, and was an immediate commercial success. It received three Academy Award nominations.
Legacy
The red windbreaker and white T-shirt Dean wore became one of the most recognizable looks in American cinema. The film fixed the “troubled teen” archetype for decades of subsequent youth pictures.
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