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Set in California's Salinas Valley, this powerful, and often brutal, epic tells the story of the rivalry between two brothers challenging for the affections of their farmer father.

The story follows the intertwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel.

When Cal Trask (James Dean), a wild visionary, discovers that his supposedly dead mother is running a nearby brothel, his already strained relationship with his brother, Adam (Raymond Massey) and father Aron (Richard Davalos) starts to irrevocably break down.

Based on John Steinbeck's novel

Keywords:

Drama, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1955) (USA) (5 Star)

Cast:

Julie Harris	.... Abra
James Dean	.... Cal Trask
Raymond Massey	.... Adam Trask
Burl Ives	.... Sam the Sheriff
Richard Davalos	.... Aron Trask
Jo Van Fleet	.... Kate

Supporting Cast:

Albert Dekker	.... Will Hamilton
Lois Smith	.... Anne
Harold Gordon	.... Gustav Albrecht
Nick Dennis	.... Rantani

Directors:

Elia Kazan

Writers:

Paul Osborn

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