continues the season of great Warner Brothers pictures. starring James Dean
Julie Harris , Raymond Massey
This 20th-century version of the Cain and Abel theme, set in the Californian farmlands, made James Dean a Hollywood star overnight. He plays Cal, a wild adolescent who discovers that his mother is not dead but is running a brothel in a nearby town. The discovery proves traumatic for Cal and begins the break-up of his strained relationship with his austere father and elder brother Aron.
Screenplay by PAUL OSBORN based on the novel by JOHN STEINBECK Produced and directed by ELIA KAZAN films: page 27