I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.

Joe Hyams says that Dean was "one of the rare stars like Rock Hudson and Montgomery Clift whom both men and women find sexy. He is a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film Rebel Without a Cause (1955) in which he starred as troubled Los Angeles teenager Jim Stark.

100 Stars list.