Noun
rebel without a cause (plural rebels without a cause or rebels without causes)
One who fights for the sake of fighting but has no clear goal to achieve.
Graziano and Barber 1955 In 1947, Brando performed a screen test for an early Warner Brothers script for the novel Rebel Without a Cause (1944), which bore no relation to the film eventually produced in 1955. Source: Internet
The first single from Spellbound was the ballad, " Rush, Rush ", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for five consecutive weeks, and was noted for its music video and Rebel Without a Cause motif featuring Keanu Reeves in the James Dean role. Source: Internet
Kazan had invited director Nicholas Ray to a private showing, with Dean, as Ray was looking for someone to play the lead in Rebel Without a Cause. Source: Internet
Rathgeb, Douglas L. The Making of Rebel Without a Cause, McFarland (2004) p. 20 As a result, Kazan was forced to "baby-sit the young actor in side-by-side trailers," so he wouldn't run away during production. Source: Internet