"Rebel Without a Cause" at the Griffith Observatory, 1955

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James Dean and Sal Mineo costar in "Rebel Without a Cause" (Warner Bros.). A large portion of the film was shot on location in and around Hollywood's Griffith Observatory, including the planetarium scene, the knife fight, and the climatic shoot-out.

As featured in Images of America - Location Filming in Los Angeles.

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