Movie-A-Day #273: Rebel Without a Cause (1955).

On this date in 1955, James Dean met his end in a Porsche 550 Spyder in rural central California, at the age of just 24. He was an instant legend, even though his body of work consisted of just three feature films and a handful of live TV appearances. His performance in “Rebel Without a Cause” is his most iconic, defining the 1950s teenage rock ‘n’ roll generation.