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. 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.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Language
en
Status
Released
How Rebel Without a Cause performed
Budget
$1.5M
Worldwide Gross
$4.5M
Gross Profit
$3.0M
Return
3.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$648K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Jim Stark
James Dean
Jim Stark
Judy
Natalie Wood
Judy
John 'Plato' Crawford
Sal Mineo
John 'Plato' Crawford
Frank Stark
Jim Backus
Frank Stark
Carol Stark
Ann Doran
Carol Stark
Buzz Gunderson
Corey Allen
Buzz Gunderson
Judy's Father
William Hopper
Judy's Father
Judy's Mother
Rochelle Hudson
Judy's Mother
Goon
Dennis Hopper
Goon
Ray Fremick
Edward Platt
Ray Fremick
Mil
Steffi Sidney
Mil
Crawford Maid
Marietta Canty
Crawford Maid
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