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This is the original motorcycle movie, starring Marlon Brando as the brooding leader of a biker gang that invades a small town. The film always looked like one of those synthetic Hollywood ideas of su...( read more 
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MCT:October 10, 2008
I suppose it's one of the few times I am not exaggerating about a classic film.Don't get me wrong,I adore Brando.It's just that Lee Marvin always stole the show and to be honest,Benedek is lousy as a director with today's standards,just because you have a film on your roster doesn't mean it proves you're worthwhile.
Fabulous lighting choice but the script fades in the last 15 minutes. -
MCT:September 6, 2008i really enjoyed marlon brando in this, more so than in the godfather. he plays the leader of a band of motorcyclists who are out to provoke conflict but not start it. i think alot of people can identify with his character here... the misfits in the population anyway. i'm glad brando played a part like this. he isn't just the godfather. haha. lee marvin playing chino was fucking awesome also, entering the fray by getting off of his bike and sounding like he'd just got off a frigate from the old world. when they're rampaging in the shop (with one of them trying a dress on) and chino comes out with "storm the bastille". it was comments like that from lee marvins character that tickled me throughout. i think this is quite possibly my favourite old skool black n' white movie of all time and it's not a case of style over substance due to the quality acting from the two leads. ample direction by laslo benedek and an excellent script make this unmissable viewing. watch or stop needlin' square!
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MCT:July 4, 2008
Brando plays Johnny, leader of a motorcycle gang calling itself the Black Rebels, which terrorizes Wrightsville, a little American town.
The gang members release their frustrated emotions by racing, overturning a car, and by vicariously participating in a savage fight between Johnny and Chino (Lee Marvin), formerly a part of Johnny's gang but now a rival club...
Violence escalates when the town forms a vigilante committee, and inevitably there is an accidental killing.Johnny is saved from wrongful arrest by Kathie (Mary Murphy), a local girl who, in spite of herself, falls in love with him.
"The Wild One" introduces the motorcycle as the symbol of youth rebellion.
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MCT:June 17, 2008
Wow how sexy did Marlon Brando use to be?! This is a great film, a real classic. The girl was an idiot in this though, she pissed me off lol
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MCT:May 30, 2008un clasico imperdible. marlon brando pone de moda (aunque no inventa) el look motociclista con esta pelicula.
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MCT:March 6, 2008
Being as it was Marlon Brando's role in Apocalypse Now that originally so killed the pacing of the movie for me, I originally had no real desire to track down On the Waterfront, A Streetcar Named Desire or this film. I remember reading a MAD parody once, called The Wheeled One, but that's about the extent of my experience here. I have heard that Rebel Without a Cause is a "pale imitation" of this film, usually from those who feel that James Dean was a pale imitation of Marlon Brando. If memory serves, though, what broke me on snapping this one up (admittedly, pretty cheap) was the presence of Lee Marvin.
I've read strange and peculiar things about this movie. My first impression was that it was an exploitation-esque film, in the vein of Ed Wood's The Sinister Urge (uh, not that I'm comparing the two quality wise, mind you)--something that says, "Look! See how dangerous the gangs are! These horrible hoodlums on their motorized bicycles! What horror! What hooligans!" Then I read something (I believe it was the Wikipedia entry on the film) that said that the "Motorcycle Club" Johnny Strabler (Brando) rides with was pretty sympathetic and didn't do anything overly harmful, and really just pursued a good time and fun, rather than being troublemaking degenerates. And Sonny Barger apparently felt Johnny was a bully to Chino (Marvin).
What I've seen seems to be a movie that none of these other folk saw. In my version (which I realistically expect is the exact same film) the gang is sympathetic, yes, but not without fault by any stretch of the imagination. Yes, prejudices are put forth against them, with many folks assuming they are degenerates who should automatically be locked up. But the first major incident, when they are "dragging for beer" and one of the club members slides his bike under a swerving car--well, the reactions might have been a bit excessive, but, um, they WERE just drag racing down an actual street with actual traffic. They do start breaking things and causing trouble and so on, and even chase down Kathie Bleeker (Mary Murphy) because she is "Johnny's Girl,"--at least, Johnny feels this way, even if she doesn't. While I'm a believer that there can be an overreaction to basic interest from people sometimes that is misconstrued unfairly, I think riding motorcycles in a tight circle around someone very definitely crosses that line. Admittedly, Johnny has nothing to do with this, so perhaps that's the line people were referring to. But, still, the film does seem intent on pointing out--repeatedly--that the gang is looking for trouble, openly and honestly. And as for Sonny...I don't even understand the feeling that there is such a dynamic. Chino and Johnny are like brothers, fighting but with mutual common interest in the wellbeing of the other.
Anyway, I digress, and I'm off on the subject of what the film is trying to say without saying much about whether the film achieves any of these things successfully or manages to do anything other than engender this debate. I will say that the fact that it manages to engender both these varied responses and this debate from myself is a testament to the at least slightly-higher brow approach to the material than someone like, say, Ed Wood, has used. Sympathies are varied and a little more grey than I guess I expected, with Johnny occasionally coming off as kind of a jerk, and Chino being more sympathetic than I particularly expected. The obvious villain (with no real debate!) is Charlie Thomas (Hugh Sanders) who takes it upon himself to violently stop Johnny, after consistently suggesting he should be locked up. The response from Sheriff Harry Bleeker (Robert Keith) doesn't help matters, and it's only made worse by Johnny's response to Bleeker. The Sheriff is a decent man, but not one with the strongest spine in the world. He does try valiantly to solve things peaceably, but fails because of Johnny's refusal to listen to "cops." Self-righteous Charlie exacerbates things far more than Johnny though, but his gang is no help either, tearing up the town, even if all in fun, and legitimately and reasonably scaring and worrying the less arrogant and pompous townspeople.
Brando's performance is moody, fiery despite its subtlety, and actually kind of like a petulant teenager, which I guess isn't far off the age he's intended to be. It's a little off-putting for that reason, but this in no way denigrates the quality of it. I almost feel like Lee Marvin shines more, as the rowdy, boisterous Chino--a far cry from his later stern, tight-lipped bad-ass roles, but almost more entertaining because of that context.
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MCT:February 3, 2008Marlon Brando put in alot of iconic performances in his lifetime, the iconic Godfather, the famous Streetcar Name Desire, the brilliant On The Waterfront, but for me, this is his best and definitive role.
Brando inspired a generation as the motorcycle driving original rebel-without-a-cause outsider-gang leader, and while it sometimes looks a little quaint now, when Brando spits out "Whaddya Got?" in response to the question "What are you rebelling against anyway?" it still resonates. Brando fills Johnny with such a subtlety that the likes of Pacino and DeNiro could frankly only dream of when they came to fill his boots a generation later. Johnny says very very little in the course of the film, and yet you know exactly his motivations and feelings, even when he isn't sure himself. This isn't because the writing is obvious or flawed, its because of Brando's wonderful iconic performance. Frankly its no surprise that a generation wanted to look, sound and be like him. -
MCT:January 27, 2008Lee Marvin & Brando do Biker exploitation right. A must see, if just to find out where it all started and why bikers developed into the death cults we have today...Marvin is particularly good here, as a swaggering, drunk as-a-lord, piratical Biker Boss (Well, Marvin was actually a Marine wounded in WW2 combat, he was a real life tough mutha'!)..It all started out so innocently...
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MCT:January 15, 2008
Became a cult movie. Brando's performance great & movie introduces Lee Marvin in his first major role. Leith Steven'd music score was good to hear.
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MCT:November 8, 2007
Not the best movie of its time and it doesn't have a patch on 'Rebel Without A Cause' but Marlon Brando was an amazing and actor and it wasn't the worst film ever made.
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MCT:October 24, 2007
It's a shame, but this movie has lost a lot of its appeal with the passing of time. Marlon Brando is astounding, as always, but all he has to work with is a formulaic, silly script and the wooden actors he's surrounded with. It's worth it for the lead performance and mild entertainment value.
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MCT:October 6, 2007
Nothing too special - I'll take Jimmy Dean's Rebel Without a Cause any day over it. But damn, Brando was hot - how criminal the way he aged!
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MCT:September 8, 2007
Brando pulses with charm and vulnerable rebellion, but Lee Marvin gets the best lines, as befits him being generally a better actor...ooh get back in the knife draw!
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MCT:September 2, 2007
FIRST BIKER MOVIE LOOSELY BASED ON A TRUE STORY OF BIKERS TAKING OVER THE TOWN OF HOLLISTER CALIFORNIA, BUT NOT THAT MUCH VIOLENCE IN REAL ACCOUNT
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MCT:August 14, 2007
Some girl: "What are you rebelling against, Johnny?"
Marlon Fucking Brando: "What have you got?"
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MCT:July 18, 2007
Ouff...ce film n'a pas très bien vieilli... Réaliste sur quelques aspects et complètement con sur d'autres... Mais ca reste un bon ptit film...et Brando donne une performance convenable (convenable pour Brando veut dire géniale pour quelqu'un d'autre)
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MCT:June 30, 2007
Known to be the original byker movie, The Wild One is a short right with a great Brando performance.
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MCT:June 8, 2007I saw this once and wasn't all that enamored with it, mainly because these bikers would've gotten their asses kicked by real bikers.
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MCT:June 6, 2007
Un motorista disconforme con la sociedad conoce a una chica formal que le hará cambiar. Sin embargo no todo será fácil, ya que se encontrará con la incomprensión de la gente y de su rival, Chino.
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MCT:May 27, 2007
Gah, Marlon Brando was gorgeous. And this was the movie where The Beatles got their name from...so yay for that alone.
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MCT:April 7, 2007
That Marlon was something else Elvis was supposed to do this movie and that is why Marlon looks like this remember elvis on a bike with that kind of hat on? He idolized Marlon
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