Fine generational drama-tragedy which helped give James Dean movie immortality.

The drama and hepcat dialogue feel clunky now, but the movie's plea for dads to talk to their children -- what we now call emotional literacy -- is valid enough.

For all its faults this is still the teen angst melodrama to end them all, and Dean's performance established him as an icon, a legend and a myth.

In this powerful study of juvenile violence, Dean is riveting as a teenager groping for love from a society he finds alien and oppressive.

If ever a film was haunted, it's "Rebel Without a Cause," which burns as a bright memorial for stars James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo.

Under Ray's dissecting eye, the suburban home itself becomes a battleground where parent and child must scream over each other to be heard

A fine script, dynamic direction, doomed romantic idealism and telling performances make this the most timeless of Ray's gripping, socially aware dramas.

Dean's finest film, hardly surprisingly in that Ray was one of the great '50s directors.