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The Wild One (1953) -- Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.

Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   4,708 votes
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Director:
Writers:
John Paxton (writer)
Frank Rooney (novel)
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Release Date:
February 1954 (Japan) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Marlon Brando! Driven Too Far By His Own Hot Blood! more
Plot:
Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail. full summary | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
(14 articles)
Brando Lands Bike Deal
 (From WENN. 12 November 2009, 5:31 PM, PST)

Triumph to produce replicas of Marlon Brando's leather jacket from The Wild One
 (From BoxWish. 12 November 2009, 5:01 AM, PST)

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Cast

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Marlon Brando ... Johnny Strabler / Narrator
Mary Murphy ... Kathie Bleeker
Robert Keith ... Sheriff Harry Bleeker

Lee Marvin ... Chino
Jay C. Flippen ... Sheriff Stew Singer
Peggy Maley ... Mildred
Hugh Sanders ... Charlie Thomas
Ray Teal ... Uncle Frank Bleeker
John Brown ... Bill Hamegan

Will Wright ... Art Kleiner
Robert Osterloh ... Ben
Robert Bice ... Wilson
Yvonne Doughty ... Britches
William Vedder ... Jimmy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wally Albright ... Cyclist (uncredited)
Don Anderson ... Stinger (uncredited)

Timothy Carey ... Chino's Boy #1 (uncredited)
Keith Clarke ... Gringo (uncredited)
Jim Connell ... Boxer (uncredited)
Ted Cooper ... Racer (uncredited)
George Dockstader ... Cyclist (uncredited)

John Doucette ... Sage Valley Race Official (uncredited)
Darren Dublin ... Dinky (uncredited)

Richard Farnsworth ... (uncredited)
Sam Gilman ... (uncredited)
Joe Haworth ... One of Chino's Boys (uncredited)
Harry Landers ... GoGo (uncredited)
Eve March ... Dorothy (telephone operator) (uncredited)
Mort Mills ... Deputy (uncredited)
Alvy Moore ... Pigeon (uncredited)
Mary Newton ... Mrs. Thomas (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley ... Sawyer (uncredited)

Jerry Paris ... Dextro (uncredited)
Gene Peterson ... Crazy (uncredited)
K.L. Smith ... One of Chino's Boys (uncredited)

Angela Stevens ... Betty (uncredited)

Gil Stratton ... Mouse (uncredited)
John Tarangelo ... Red (uncredited)
Bruno VeSota ... Simmonds (uncredited)
Blackie Whiteford ... Bystander at Art's Accident (uncredited)
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Directed by
Laslo Benedek 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Ben Maddow  uncredited
John Paxton  writer
Frank Rooney  novel "The Cyclists' Raid"

Produced by
Stanley Kramer .... producer
 
Original Music by
Leith Stevens 
 
Cinematography by
Hal Mohr 
 
Film Editing by
Al Clark 
 
Production Design by
Rudolph Sternad 
 
Art Direction by
Walter Holscher 
 
Set Decoration by
Louis Diage 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Donnelly .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
George Cooper .... sound engineer
 
Stunts
Fred Carson .... stunt double: Marlon Brando (uncredited)
Larry Duran .... stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth .... stunts (uncredited)
Whitey Hughes .... stunts (uncredited)
Carey Loftin .... stunts (uncredited)
David Sharpe .... fight double: Marlon Brando (uncredited)
Tom Steele .... fight double: Lee Marvin (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Morris Stoloff .... musical director
Arthur Morton .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Shorty Rogers .... music arranger (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Jim Cameron .... technical advisor (uncredited)
Willie Forkner .... technical advisor (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hot Blood (USA) (working title)
The Cyclists Raid (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
79 min
Country:
Language:
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1954) | Finland:K-16 (1966) | Norway:16 (1956) | Norway:(Banned) (1954 - 1956) | Australia:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (video rating) (1988) | UK:R (original rating) (1955) | UK:X (re-rating) (1967) (cut) | USA:Approved (PCA #16106)

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Trivia:
The film was rejected for a UK cinema certificate in 1954 and 1955 by the BBFC and was finally granted an X rating in November 1967 after a 13 year ban. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Wire holding handle-bar/throttle can be seen during side view of Johnny's run-away cycle before it hits and kills Jimmy. more
Quotes:
Kathie Bleeker: You're still fighting, aren't you. You're always fighting. Why do you hate everybody? more
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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
Forgettable, 4 November 2007
6/10
Author: jzappa from United States

This is not a film I liked very much. It may be a classic and Marlon Brando's performance, or rather his role itself, an icon, but those don't make the dazzle, enthrallment, or entertainment of a movie automatic. The story is threadbare, an after-school special's plot, and absolutely nothing more. The characters are stick figures and the story is by the most engraved, faded, and weather-beaten numbers. I enjoy Brando, and for that matter, I enjoy Lee Marvin, because they both bring charisma to the screen, with both of them, especially Brando, no doubt have. Other than that, it's simple languishing in time for an hour and ten minutes. The best way to describe this film is "Eh, it was OK." I'm surprised that I'm commenting on it because I completely forgot I watched it after it was over.

The best moment in the film, one I actually rewound to watch again, was when two bikers are sitting at a bar talking to the disconcerted bartender, and eventually, they lead coherent sentences into scat singing. I loved that.

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