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-'''''The Wild One''''' is a [[1953 in film|1953]] [[outlaw biker]] film directed by [[László Benedek]]. It is remembered for [[Marlon Brando]]'s portrayal of the gang leader Johnny Strabler as a juvenile delinquent, dressed in a [[Perfecto motorcycle jacket|leather jacket]] and riding a 1950 [[Triumph_Thunderbird|Triumph Thunderbird 6T]]. Acting opposite of Brando was [[Lee Marvin]] as a rival gang leader. This low-budget production had Brando playing a "rebel without a cause" two years before [[James Dean]] in ''[[Rebel Without a Cause]]'' (1955). 
-''The Wild One'' was based on a short story, "The Cyclists' Raid" by Frank Rooney, in the January 1951 issue of ''[[Harper's Magazine]]''. The story was later published in book form as part of ''The Best American Short Stories 1952''. The story took a cue from an actual biker street party on the Fourth of July weekend in 1947 in [[Hollister, California]] that was elaborately trumped up in ''[[Life (magazine)|Life Magazine]]'', and dubbed the [[Hollister riot]], with staged photographs of wild motorcycle outlaw revellers. The Hollister event is now celebrated annually. In the film, the town is located somewhere in California.+'''László Benedek''' (March 5, 1905 – March 11, 1992; sometimes ''Laslo Benedek'') was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]]-born [[film director]] and cinematographer, most notable for directing ''[[The Wild One]]'' (1953).
-For the most part, the bikers in the film are just generally rowdy in pursuit of a good time, and don't radiate the sinister menace seen in later biker movies based on the [[Hells Angels]], some of whom actually appeared in those films. Indeed, a group of local vigilantes (led by a businessman) who try to take on the bikers are noticeably more unsympathetic (using their influence to obtain lenient treatment from law enforcement, brutally beating up Brando, and finally causing an accident in which a resident is killed and for which Brando is blamed). Interestingly, [[Sonny Barger]], the notorious founder of the Oakland Hells Angels, stated in his memoir that he identified with Chino, and considered Johnny the bully. Barger later bought the striped shirt Marvin wears in the film at an auction.+== Filmography==
-==Banned in the UK==+===Director===
 +*''[[Song of Russia]]'' (1944)
 +*''[[The Kissing Bandit (film)|The Kissing Bandit]]'' (1948)
 +*''[[Port of New York (film)|Port of New York]]'' (1949)
 +*''[[Death of a Salesman (1951 film)|Death of a Salesman]]'' (1951)
 +*''[[The Wild One]]'' (1953)
 +*''[[Bengal Brigade]]'' (1954)
 +*''[[Children, Mother, and the General]]'' (Germany, 1955)
 +*''[[Affair in Havana]]'' (1957)
 +*''Recours en grâce'' (France, 1960)
 +*''[[Malaga (1960 film)|Malaga]]'' (1960)
 +*''[[Namu, the Killer Whale]]'' (1966)
 +*''[[Daring Game (film)|Daring Game]]'' (1968)
 +*''[[The Night Visitor]]'' (1971)
 +*''[[Assault on Agathon]]'' (1975)
-Deemed scandalous and dangerous, the film was banned by the [[British Board of Film Censors]] from showing in the [[United Kingdom]] for fourteen years. Its first UK public showing was at the [[59 Club]] in [[Paddington]], [[London]] in 1968, to a mostly [[Rockers|Rocker]] audience.+===Cinematographer===
 +* ''[[The Mistress (1927 film)|The Mistress]]'' (1927)
 +* ''[[The Man Who Murdered]]'' (1931)
 +* ''[[A Precocious Girl]]'' (1934)
-==Quotes==+===Editor===
- +* ''[[Temptation (1934 film)|Temptation]]'' (1934)
-''"[[What are you rebelling against?]]"'' <br>+* ''[[Antonia (1935 film)|Antonia]]'' (1935)
-''"Whadd'ya got?"''+
- +
-==Primary cast==+
-*[[Marlon Brando]] as Johnny Strabler and the narrator+
-*[[Mary Murphy (actress)|Mary Murphy]] as Kathie Bleeker+
-*[[Robert Keith]] as Sheriff Harry Bleeker+
-*[[Lee Marvin]] as Chino+
-*[[Jay C. Flippen]] as Sheriff Stew Singer+
-*[[Peggy Maley]] as Mildred+
-*[[Hugh Sanders]] as Charlie Thomas+
-*[[Ray Teal]] as Uncle Frank Bleeker+
-*[[Richard Farnsworth]] (uncredited)+
- +
-==In popular culture==+
-The rock group [[Black Rebel Motorcycle Club]] got its name from the name of Brando's motorcycle gang, although in the film, the gang is referred to as "Black ''Rebels'' Motorcycle Club".+
-Just as Brando's character in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' caused a national craze of men wearing T shirts, "The Wild One" greatly boosted sales of black leather motorcycle jackets, jeans, white caps, and sun glasses.+
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