Rent The Wild One (1953)
3.5 of 5 from 90 ratings
1h 16min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- An angry young Marlon Brando scorches the screen as 'The Wild One' in this powerful 50s cult classic. Brando plays Johnny, the leader of a vicious biker gang that involves a small, sleepy California town. The leather-jacketed young biker seems hell-bent on destruction until he falls for Kathie (Mary Murphy), a "good-girl" whose father happens to be a cop. Unfortunately for Johnny, his one shot at redemption is threatened by a psychotic rival, Chino (Lee Marivn) plus the hostility and prejudice of the townspeople. All their smouldering passions explode in an electrifying climax.
- Actors:
- Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith, Lee Marvin, Jay C. Flippen, Peggy Maley, Hugh Sanders, Ray Teal, John Brown, Will Wright, Robert Osterloh, William Vedder, Yvonne Doughty, Wally Albright, Chris Alcaide, Don Anderson, Robert Anderson, Robert Bice, Nicky Blair, Norman Budd
- Directors:
- Laslo Benedek
- Producers:
- Stanley Kramer
- Narrated By:
- Marlon Brando
- Writers:
- John Paxton, Frank Rooney
- Aka:
- Hot Blood / The Cyclists' Raid
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- Collections:
- Behind Bars: Visit These Essential Prison Films, Cinema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 1, Films & TV by topic, Films by Genre, The Best American Road Movies
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 22/05/2017
- Run Time:
- 79 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary by author and film historian Jeanine Basinger
- The Wild One and the BBFC (2017, 25 mins): ex-BBFC examiner Richard Falcon discusses the film's history with the British censor
- Introduction to the film by Karen Kramer (2007, 1 min)
- Hollister, California: Bikers, Booze and the Big Picture (2007, 28 mins): a lookback at the real-life events that inspired the film
- Brando: An Icon is Bom (2007, 19 mins): a documentary exploring the life and career of the legendary actor
- Super 8 version (1973, 19 mins): original truncated home cinema presentation with unique narration
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Image Gallery
- UK Blu-ray Premiere
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Reviews (1) of The Wild One
Byke Hoodlums - The Wild One review by NO
This Film was banned in England for 15 years when the Mods & Rockers were about but seems tame now.Brando stands out with his method acting & set the scene for future
rebels but otherwise I cannot se why critics raved over it.
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