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Synopsis
This truncated screen version of John Steinbeck's best-seller was the first starring vehicle for explosive 1950s screen personality James Dean, who plays Cal Trask, the "bad" son of taciturn Salinas valley lettuce farmer Adam Trask (Raymond Massey). Although he means well, Cal can't stay out of trouble, nor is he able to match the esteem in which his father holds his "good" brother Aron (Richard Davalos). Only Aron's girlfriend Abra (Julie Harris) and kindly old sheriff Sam Burl Ives) can see the essential goodness in the troublesome Cal. When Adam invests in a chancy and wholly unsuccessful method of shipping his crops east, his wealth plummets. In an effort to save the business, Cal obtains money from his estranged mother (the proprietor of a whorehouse) and invests it in a risky new bean crop. The gamble pays off (thanks in no small part to the war), but Adam refuses to take the money from Cal, and the resultant quarrel causes Adam to have a stroke. Released the same year as Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden provided Dean with his first Oscar nomination, for Best Actor. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Timothy Carey Joe
Lonny Chapman Roy
Dick Davalos Aron Trask
James Dean Cal Trask
Albert Dekker Will Hamilton
Nick Dennis Rantani
Jo Van Fleet Kate
Harold Gordon Mr. Albrecht
Burl Ives Sam, the Sheriff
Raymond Massey Adam Trask
Mario Siletti Piscora
Lois Smith Ann
Julie Harris Abra

Production Crew

George James Hopkins Art Director
James Basevi Art Director
Malcolm C. Bert Art Director
John Steinbeck Book Author
Ted D. McCord Cinematographer
Leonard Rosenman Composer (Music Score)
Anna Hill Johnstone Costume Designer
Elia Kazan Director
Owen Marks Editor
Don Alvarado First Assistant Director
Horace Hough First Assistant Director
Gordon Bau Makeup
Elia Kazan Producer
Paul Osborn Screenwriter
George James Hopkins Set Designer
Stan Jones Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1955
Runtime: 115
Country: USA
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Color type
Warner Color

Produced by
Warner Brothers

Awards
1955 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
1955 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
1955 - International Prize For Best Dramatic Film - Cannes International Film Festival
1955 - International Prize For Best Dramatic Film - Cannes Film Festival
1955 - Best Film - Any Source - British Academy Awards
1955 - Best Film - Any Source - British Academy of Film and Television
1955 - International Prize For Best Dramatic Film - Cannes Film Festival
1955 - Best Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association