The director also cast a virtual unknown newcomer to he role of the husband in his candid view of the average man - a character lost in the midst of the faceless masses.Plot SynopsisBehind the credits, the film opens in Los Angeles with one of the three teenagers, the major character, lone troublemaker Jim Stark (James Dean) seen tipsy-drunk in the darkness, lying contentedly (in a fetal position) on a sidewalk curb with a beatific smile on his face.That""s all I had to go by - novels.Leslie old me he""d rather have me than any girl on board or any girl he""d ever known because I was so responsive.Wearing a dark ninja outfit and black cap/mask, he disrupted an armed robbery in progress, although the thieves regarded him only as a "clown" and "Mr.