East Of Eden (1955)


Julie Harris            Abra
James Dean              Cal Trask
Raymond Massey          Adam Trask
Richard Davalos         Aron Trask
Burl Ives               Sam--the Sheriff
Jo Van Fleet            Kate
Albert Dekker           Will Hamilton
Lois Smith              Ann
Harold Gordon           Mr Albrecht
Timothy Carey           Joe
Mario Siletti           Piscora
Lonny Chapman           Roy
Nick Dennis (II)        Rantani
Jonathan Haze           Piscora's Son
Barbara Baxley          Nurse
Bette Treadville        Madame
Tex Mooney              Bartender
Harry Cording (II)      Bouncer
Loretta Rush            Card Dealer
William Phillips (II)   Coalman

Directed by:            Elia Kazan
Produced by:            Elia Kazan


Film adaptation of Steinbeck's classic about a 1917 California farm family and the two brothers who struggle to 
maintain their strict, Bible-toting father's favor. 

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

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Cal Trask is a particularly unhappy young man. He sees himself as the black sheep of the family and is always 
competing with his brother Aron, who seems to be perfect in almost every way. Aron is also their father's favorite 
and Cal desperately wants his father's love and affection. It's the period leading up to America's entry into 
World War I and these are tumultuous times. After his father loses most of his fortune trying to ship refrigerated 
lettuce to New York, Cal decides to speculate on a crop of beans and makes a small fortune but he soon realizes 
that he can't buy his father's loves either. Cal's discovery that his mother is alive - he and Aron were told that 
she had died - and that she is a madam leads to a final, tragic result for all three of the Trask men.