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The Wild One
Johnny and his vicious biker gang invade a small, sleepy 1950s California town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail by a sheriff. But then John finds himself attracted to the sheriff's daughter and decides to stick around.
3 September 1890, Forest City, Pennsylvania, USA
9 September 1873, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
23 February 1924, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 March 1884, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
31 August 1930, Elmhurst, New York, USA
8 June 1926, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA
19 February 1924, New York City, New York, USA
11 March 1929, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
12 July 1920, Casey Township, North Dakota, USA
August 8, 1908 in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
11 January 1919, New York City, New York, USA
January 01, 2000
The Wild One (1953), a landmark film of 50s rebellion by director Laslo Benedek, producer Stanley Kramer, and screenwriter John Paxton, was based on a Harper's Magazine
December 03, 2004
Marlon Brando stars as the leader of a motorcycle gang who somewhat inadvertantly cause a great deal of trouble in a small town.
July 21, 2006
The film is outdated and its message overly stated, but in 1953, Brando's rebel unwittingly became a new screen hero and heralded the arrival of the Beat Generation.
April 04, 2001
Brando's magnetism is eternal.
November 25, 2002
Once radical, still iconic, but so dated that it's funny.
March 10, 2003
This Stanley Kramer-produced film is the original biker movie.
January 26, 2006
Brando's biker seems disarmingly tame by comparison with the wild angels he spawned. Yet the film isn't half bad.
September 26, 2002
On the whole, The Wild One is now mostly silly.
November 07, 2007
The first and best biker movie.
August 19, 2005
Risible and outdated.
November 07, 2007
Legions of Brando impersonators have turned his performance in this seminal 1954 motorcycle movie into self-parody, but it's still a sleazy good time.
February 10, 2004
Ultimately The Wild One exploits and patronizes the bikers it depicts, and isn't the youth picture it is made out to be.