What is Rebel Without a Cause / Knock on Any Door about?

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, 1955, Warner Bros., 111 min. Director Nicholas Ray’s mythic saga of teen alienation made James Dean and co-star Natalie Wood instant cultural icons. Co-starring Sal Mineo. KNOCK ON ANY DOOR, 1949, Sony Repertory, 100 min. Dir. Nicholas Ray. Humphrey Bogart’s character, a successful attorney, knows what it’s like to have toxic ghetto roots. He feels obligated to defend delinquent John Derek who, with his pals, shot a cop during a robbery. An intriguing foreshadow of Ray’s later work with James Dean in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE.

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What is Rebel Without a Cause / Knock on Any Door about?: REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE, 1955, Warner Bros., 111 min. Director Nicholas Ray’s mythic saga of teen alienation made James Dean and co-star Natalie Wood instant cultural icons. Co-starring Sal Mineo.

KNOCK ON ANY DOOR, 1949, Sony Repertory, 100 min. Dir. Nicholas Ray. Humphrey Bogart’s character, a successful attorney, knows what it’s like to have toxic ghetto roots. He feels obligated to defend delinquent John Derek who, with his pals, shot a cop during a robbery. An intriguing foreshadow of Ray’s later work with James Dean in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE.