Live Fast, Die Young:
The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause

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Rebel Mysteries

Here are just a few of the mysteries revealed in Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause. . .

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What shocking personal scandal first inspired director Nicholas Ray to make a film about young people?
Nicholas Ray
Why did James Dean disappear before Rebel Without a Cause began shooting?
James Dean - I've Got the Bullets
What cast members nearly came to blows during the shoot?
Knife fight at Griffith Observatory from Rebel Without a Cause
Did James Dean and Natalie Wood have an affair while making Rebel Without a Cause?
Were James Dean's and Sal Mineo's characters supposed to kiss in the original screenplay?
What was the origin of James Dean's Red Jacket in Rebel Without a Cause and what happened to it after the film?
James Dean and Sal Mineo in Rebel Without a Cause
James Dean and Natalie Wood in Rebel Without a Cause
James Dean in his red jacket
Who did Nicholas Ray fire while shooting at Griffith Observatory?
Griffith Observatory
Who really deserves credit for the story and screenplay of Rebel Without a Cause?
Rebel Without a Cause screenplay
Was the chickie run in Rebel Without a Cause based on any real-life incidents?
What scene in Rebel Without a Cause had studio censors so worried they showed up onset one day?
Where does the monkey at the beginning of Rebel come from?
What member of the Rebel cast later ran for office as a Republican?
Republican Party
Who was invited to a threesome with James Dean and one other Rebel Without a Cause cast member -- and turned them down?
How did Nicholas Ray avoid the blacklist and what potential Rebel Without a Cause cast and crew members did not?
Red Channels
Why did one scene in Rebel Without a Cause become a metaphor for the Cold War?
Atomic Test
Hays Code
James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause
James Dean and toy monkey in Rebel Without a Cause
1949 Mercury from Rebel Without a Cause
James Dean and Porsche Spyder
Why do some people believe there was a Rebel Without a Cause curse?
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