FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
Rebel Without a Cause
Scores
- IMDb7.6/10as of 2026-04-09
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer91%as of 2026-01-16
- Rotten Tomatoes average8.1/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic89/100as of 2026-01-16
What it is
Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American coming-of-age melodrama film, directed by Nicholas Ray. The film stars James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper, and Nick Adams. It is also the film debut of Dennis Hopper, albeit in a minor role. It was filmed in the then recently introduced CinemaScope format.
At a glance
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- English
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