"Revolt without a Cause" is inspired by two aspects. One is that Nicholas Ray feels extremely painful about his responsibilities as a father; the other is that Stein is extremely angry about himself as a son of man. But the point of view of this film is ultimately placed on the young people. The story of the film is directed by the director Nicholas Ray himself on the streets and chatting with the youth gang. The specific ideas come from newspapers and magazines, and the results of conversations with children, police, and parents. After the collection of real stories from many sources, this story was born
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Among them, in the scene of "off-campus teaching" in the planetarium, Stein joined the screenwriter, because the two screenwriters originally sent by Warner Company failed to show the "sense of the universe" in this scene, and only used the planetarium as a venue. But Rey was persuaded to retreat. In Stein’s script, the science and education films shown in the planetarium have a strong symbolic meaning, indicating the final tragedy.
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