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Title: THE WILD ONE (1953) Post by: The Burgomaster on June 18, 2009, 08:37:24 AM I recently bought this DVD at Best Buy for $3.99. What a bargain.
Without this early, landmark outlaw biker film, AIP and Al Adamson probably never would have made all those low-budget biker flicks we've come to know and love (or hate). A young (and very cool) Marlon Brando plays Johnny, the leader of the Black Rebels Motorcycle Club. He leads his gang into a small town where they drink beer, raise hell, and use a lot of early 1950s jive talk. Before long, rival biker Chino (Lee Marvin) and his boys show up, adding to the mayhem. The most famous line in the movie, and a very concise insight into Brando's character, is when a local girl asks Brando what he's rebelling against. He replies, "What d'ya got?" Although the movie is generally good, there is a fist fight between Brando and Marvin where the stunt doubles are VERY obvious. This is very distracting and may even make you chuckle, but I can live with it. Title: Re: THE WILD ONE (1953) Post by: RCMerchant on June 20, 2009, 07:25:45 AM Great movie!
I always think of Wally Wood's MAD comic version... (http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l79/RCMerchant/wildbunch05-big.jpg) |