The Wild One | |
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Directed by | László Benedek |
Written by | John Paxton Ben Maddow |
Produced by | Stanley Kramer |
Starring | Marlon Brando Mary Murphy Lee Marvin |
Narrated by | Marlon Brando |
Cinematography | Hal Mohr |
Edited by | Al Clark |
Music by | Leith Stevens |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | December 30, 1953 |
Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Wild One (1953) is an outlaw biker movie. The movie was based on a short story that told of the damage done to a small California town in 1947 by thousands of rowdy outlaw bikers. The movie was directed by László Benedek. It stars Marlon Brando and Lee Marvin (in his movie debut) as rival biker gang leaders. It is the first outlaw biker movie. Critics and teenagers liked the movie. It inspired fads such as sideburns.