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Nicholas Ray: Rebel at any cost

This week marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Raymond Nicholas Kienzle, whose nom de camera was Nicholas Ray. While Rebel Without a Cause (1955) is his most famous title, his filmography is crowded with social rebels, from the John Derek's juvenile delinquent in Knock on Any Door (whose ambition is to "Live fast, die young and leave a beautiful corpse" to Jeffrey Hunter's Jesus in King of Kings.