A wealthy Texan marries a strong beautiful girl and their adjustments to life are interwoven with problems of Mexican workers and an ambitious ranch hand who becomes an oil tycoon. James Dean stars in a movie that shocked the United States with aperformance that still electrifies the screen twenty-five years afterhis untimely death prior to the film's release. Academy Award-winning film features the starring debut of movie idol andlegend James Dean in this riveting drama revolving around twobrothers'love for the same woman.