East of Eden (1955)

Editor's Note The strong screen adaptation of John Steinbeck's 1952 novel features the debut of James Dean. Like Cain with Abel, a black sheep competes with his brother for his father's love--with tragic results.

	James Dean
	Harold B. Gordon
	Raymond Massey
	Timothy Carey
	Julie Harris
	Burl Ives
	Jo Van Fleet
	Albert Dekker
	Lois Smith
	Richard Davalos - Featured
	Owen Marks - Editor
	Paul Osborn - Screenwriter
	Elia Kazan - Producer
	Malcolm Bert - Art Director
	Anna Hill Johnstone - Costume Designer
	Ted McCord - Cinematographer
	James Basevi - Production Designer
	Leonard Rosenman - Composer
	George James Hopkins - Set Designer
	Elia Kazan - Director

Entertainment Weekly
"[I]t's easy to see why Dean set off a youthquake that still rumbles almost 50 years after his death....He captures brooding, adolescent confusion with a seductive, rock-star charisma." 06/03/2005 p.68

USA Today
"Elia Kazan's classic movie of John Steinbeck's novel..." 06/03/2005 p.7E

Los Angeles Times
"EAST is not only one of Kazan's richest films and Dean's first significant role, it is also arguably the actor's best performance." 06/10/2005 p.E12

Sight and Sound
"[I]t's not hard to be seduced by the performances or by the photography, which makes arresting use of widescreen space and skewed angles..." 07/01/2005 p.84