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1955 | Color | 111:00

Jim Stark is 17 and at odds with his parents. Soon after the family moves to LA, he takes part in a game of chicken that results in his challenger’s death. When the other boy’s gang tries to exact revenge, Jim, a neighbor’s daughter, and another friend hit the road, united by a series of tragic events and the alienation they feel toward their families and society as a whole.


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Ray; Nicholas
Script: Stern; Stewart, Shulmann; Irving, basado en una idea de Nicholas Ray
Production: Weisbart; David
Photography: Haller; Ernest
Sound: Mahakian; Carl, Jones; Stanley
Music: Bau; Gordon
Cast:James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, Jim Backus, Ann Doran, Corey Allen, William Hopper, Rochelle Hudson, Edward Platt, Steffi Sidney, Hopper; Dennis
Art direction: C. Bert; Malcolm
Participation year at FICM: 2020

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