A geneticist wakes up from an accident with only fragments of his memory is forced to relearn who he is via his twin brother. But as he digs deeper, he discovers he might not be who he thought at all....
Jim（詹姆斯·迪恩 James Dean 饰）因为在学校里无法与其他同学共融，迫使他的父母只能多次搬家，这一次他们来到了洛杉矶。在洛杉矶的一所高中里，他仍旧遭到了同学的排斥，但认识了他心爱的女生Judy（娜塔利·伍德 Natalie Wood 饰）；交到了他真正的朋友 Plato（萨尔·米涅奥 Sal Mineo 饰）。在Jim和当地小混混头目、也是Judy的前男友Buzz一系列的纠纷中，两人最终决定以赛车来定胜负。而在比赛中，Buzz不幸坠入悬崖身亡。Buzz的兄弟们试图找Jim报仇，在两方的对抗中，Plato被警察意外枪杀，使这部影片留下了一个悲剧性的结尾。而Jim和Judy的命运又将何去何从？...
Charlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client's clock while examining it in detail....
