East of Eden
- Director: Elia Kazan
- Writer: John Steinbeck; Paul Osborn
- Producer: Elia Kazan
CGiii Comment
Dean was truly an intense actor - playing the angst-ridden teen perfectly.
He was both bankable and watchable...few actors can boast such characteristics.
This is a beautiful movie - made as if it were important - and, it most definitely was...even now.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
In the Salinas Valley, in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother Aron for the love of their father Adam. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, to how to get ahead in business and in life, to how to relate to estranged mother.
Cast & Characters
Julie Harris as Abra;
James Dean as Caleb 'Cal' Trask;
Raymond Massey as Adam Trask;
Burl Ives as Sam the Sheriff;
Richard Davalos as Aron Trask;
Jo Van Fleet as Kate;
Albert Dekker as Will Hamilton;
Lois Smith as Anne;
Harold Gordon as Gustav Albrecht;
Nick Dennis as Rantani;
Abdullah Abbas as Carnival Townsman;
Rose Allen as Townswoman at Carnival;
Jos' Arias as Prisoner;
Barbara Baxley as Nurse;
Joe Brooks as Carnival Townsman