The story is set during 1917 and 1918, leading into American involvement in World War I, in the central California coastal towns of Monterey and Salinas. Cal (James Dean) and Aron (Richard Davalos) are the sons of a modestly successful farmer and wartime draft board chairman, Adam Trask (Raymond Massey)

• East of Eden
• Julie Harris
• Richard Davalos
• James Dean
• Raymond Massey
• Elia Kazan