A look at the legacy of icon actor James Dean on the 40th anniversary of his tragic death. The special follows his life and career, with obvious attention to the three big films that made him a legend; and interviews with the people who knew him.
James Dean
Self (archive footage)
Rip Torn
Self (Narrator)
Sal Mineo
Graham Nash
Self
Joan Winslow Peacock
Bob Pulley
Rod Steiger
Steve Allen
Jayne Meadows
Don Medford
Eli Wallach
Leonard Rosenman
Katherine Dunham
Dick Van Patten
Monty Roberts
Nicholas Ray
Steffi Sidney
Jack Grinnage
Frank Mazzola
George Barris
1971 · Movie
2025 · Movie
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2022 · Movie
2021 · Movie
2019 · Movie
2013 · Movie
1985 · Movie
2017 · Movie
1993 · Movie
1991 · Movie
1999 · Movie
2023 · Movie
2018 · Movie
1977 · Movie
2003 · Movie