The Wild One

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2000 Filmcritic.com

When rival motorcycle gangs descend upon a small town, chaos ensues. A great look at how two-wheelers got demonized in the 1950s, featuring what now looks like a cutesy performance by Marlon Brando, before his career went belly up. While it's a reluctant classic and was edgy in its time (and banned for 12 years in Finland), on the whole, The Wild One is now mostly silly.

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Rating

3.0 out of 5 Stars

Cast and Crew

  • Director: László Benedek
  • Producer: Stanley Kramer
  • Screenwriter: John Paxton
  • Stars: Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith, Lee Marvin, Jay C. Flippen, Peggy Maley
  • MPAA Rating: NR