Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean

Part period melodrama, part film noir, part 50s road movie "JOSHUA TREE, 1951" is a portrait of screen legend and outsider icon James Dean as you have never seen him before.

Cast

James Preston

as James Dean

Dan Glenn

as The Roommate

Clare Grant

as Beverly

Edgar Morais

as Franco

Erin Daniels

as The Roommate's Mother

Rafael Morais

as Johny

Darri Ingolfsson

as James DeWeerd

Clint Catalist

as Johnny the Bartender

Tony Herbert

as The Officer

David Pevsner

as The Acting Teacher

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