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Cast
Val Lauren Jim Parrack 
James Franco Vince Jolivette Trevor Neuhoff Stacey Miller
Credits
Written by: James Franco
Plot
James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of the blockbuster films Rebel Without a Cause and Exodus.
Sinekatalog’s take
An impressionistic portrait of a star's last hours, built on mood rather than biography. The ambition is visible but the result is thin and uneven, so it will mainly interest those curious about the actor or the director's experiments.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 4.4 / 10 (588 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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