This truncated screen version of John Steinbecks best seller was the first starring vehicle for explosive 1. James Dean, who plays Cal Trask, the bad son of taciturn Salinas valley lettuce farmer Adam Trask Raymond Massey. Although he means well, Cal cant stay out of trouble, nor is he able to match the esteem in which his father holds his good brother Aron Richard Davalos. Only Arons girlfriend Abra Julie Harris and kindly old sheriff Sam Burl Ives can see the essential goodness in the troublesome Cal. When Adam invests in a chancy and wholly unsuccessful method of shipping his crops east, his wealth plummets. In an effort to save the business, Cal obtains money from his estranged mother the proprietor of a whorehouse and invests it in a risky new bean crop. The gamble pays off thanks in no small part to the war, but Adam refuses to take the money from Cal, and the resultant quarrel causes Adam to have a stroke. Released the same year as Rebel Without a Cause, East of Eden provided Dean with his first Oscar nomination, for Best Actor. Watch Fear Island Tube Free there. Hal Erickson, Rovi. Rating PG for thematic elements and some violence content. Genre Directed By Written By In Theaters Apr 1. On DiscStreaming May 3. Runtime. 1. 15 minutes. East of Eden is a novel by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, published in September 1952. Often described as Steinbecks most ambitious novel, East of Eden brings to. A description of tropes appearing in Eden of the East. Saki Morimi, a young Japanese woman on her college graduation trip to the United States, decides to. Get exclusive film and movie reviews from THR, the leading source of film reviews online. We take an honest look at the best and worst movies Hollywood has to offer. Studio. Warner Bros.