The scene where the main character is shot. A knowing and intelligent film deeply influenced by American gangster thrillers will itself becoming influential. Look at who we have here: Francois Truffaut as writer, Jean-Luc Godard as director and Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg as the stars. This is the start of the French Nouvelle Vague. This is how the French do A Rebel Without A Cause - as Peter John Dyer said: "A film all dressed up for rebellion but with no real tangible territory on which to stand and fight".