The Wild One


The Wild One is a 1953 American film directed by Lszl Benedek and produced by Stanley Kramer. It is most noted for the character of Johnny Strabler Marlon Brando, whose persona became a cultural icon of the 1950s. The Wild One is considered to be the original outlaw biker film, and the first to examine American outlaw motorcycle gang violence.

The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club BRMC, a gang led by Johnny Strabler, rides into Carbonville, California during a motorcycle race and causes trouble. A member of the gang, Mouse, steals the secondplace trophy the first place one being too large to hide and presents it to Johnny. Stewards and policemen order them to leave.The bikers head to Wrightsville, which only has one elderly, conciliatory lawman, Chief Harry Bleeker, to maintain order. The residents are uneasy, but mostly willing to put up with their visitors. When their antics cause Art Kleiner to swerve and crash his car, he demands that something be done, but Harry is reluctant to act, a weakness that is not lost on the interlopers. This accident results in the gang having to stay longer in town, as one member injured himself falling off his motorcycle. Although the young men become more and more boisterous, their custom is enthusiastically welcomed by Harrys brother Frank who runs the local cafebar, employing Harrys daughter, Kathie, and the elderly Jimmy. ........

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