East of Eden

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Actors: Lois Smith , Julie Harris , Burl Ives , Albert Dekker , Raymond Massey , Jo Van Fleet , Richard Davalos , James Dean , Nick Dennis , Harold Gordon

Director: Elia Kazan

IMDB Rate: 8.1 out of 10 (11882 votes)

Plot Summary: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 fathers favorite and Cal desperately wants his fathers love and affection. Its the period leading up to Americas 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 cant buy his fathers loves either. Cals 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.