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Rebel Without a Cause

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Rebel Without A Cause

Nicholas Ray
1955
111 min
United States
English
Movie Summary: 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.
Queer Film LA Says: "It is of course vita that there be no inference of a questionable or homosexual relationship between Plato and Jim" wrote the MPPC censors, scolding this film from bisexual director Nicholas Ray with bi star James Dean and the "first gay teen on screen" played by out Sal Mineo.

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