A melodrama about maladjusted adolescents who live in a comfortable middle-class neighborhood near Los Angeles. After moving into the neighborhood, an emotionally-confused teen-ager becomes involved in violence when he attempts to win the approval of a gang of high-school hoodlums.
General Note
Based on an adaptation by Irving Shulman of a story line by Nicholas Ray inspired from the story The blind run by Dr. Robert M. Lindner.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1955.
Includes cast & crew bios, Rediscovering a Rebel featurette, interviews with Natalie Wood, Jim Backus, and James Dean, and original theatrical trailers for East of Eden, Rebel without a cause, and Giant.
"Enhanced for widescreen TVs"--Container.