East of Eden

  • Drama
4/10/1955
115
PG

The searing classic of paradise lost!

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

Director:
Elia Kazan
Writer:
Paul Osborn
    • individual
    • california
    • sibling relationship
    • based on novel or book
    • southern usa
    • birthday
    • rebel
    • big wheel
    • twin brother
    • love
    • money
    • brother against brother
    • brothel madam
    • whorehouse
    • beans
    • 1910s
    • fraternal twins
    • monterey
    • salinas
    • mother son reunion

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    Cast

    • James Dean
      Cal Trask
    • Julie Harris
      Abra Bacon
    • Raymond Massey
      Adam Trask
    • Richard Davalos
      Aron Trask
    • Jo Van Fleet
      Kate Trask
    • Burl Ives
      Sam the Sheriff
    • Albert Dekker
      Will Hamilton
    • Lois Smith
      Anne
    • Harold Gordon
      Gustav Albrecht
    • Nick Dennis
      Rantani
    • Abdullah Abbas
      Townsman at Carnival (uncredited)
    • John Alban
      Townsman (uncredited)
    • Rose Allen
      Townswoman at Carnival (uncredited)
    • Frank Baker
      Townsman (uncredited)
    • Barbara Baxley
      Nurse (uncredited)
    • John Beradino
      Coalman at Lettuce Field (uncredited)

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