The Wild One (1953)


The Wild One
Release Date30 December 1953
TaglineMarlon Brando! Driven Too Far By His Own Hot Blood!
GenreDrama
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsColumbia/Warner Bros. Ranch - 411 N. Hollywood Way, Burbank, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassBiker Film
MoodNail-biters, Tough Guys
ThemesLone Wolves, Fighting the System
TonesCynical, Forceful, Gritty
TagsAlcoholism, Arrest, Bad Guy, Bad Guy Turns Good, Conflict, Destruction, Gangster, Love, Motorcycle Gang, Party, Racer, Rampage, Rebel Without A Cause, Revenge, Rival, Sheriff, Small Town, Woman

The Wild One is a 1953 outlaw biker film directed by László Benedek and produced by Stanley Kramer. It is famed for Marlon Brando's iconic portrayal of the gang leader Johnny Strabler.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Narrator, Johnny Strabler

Kathie Bleeker

Sheriff Harry Bleeker

Chino

Sheriff Stew Singer

Mildred

Hugh Sanders
Charlie Thomas

Ray Teal
Uncle Frank Bleeker

John Brown
Bill Hamegan

Will Wright
Art Kleiner

Robert Osterloh
Ben

Robert Bice
Wilson

Yvonne Doughty
Britches

William Vedder
Jimmy

Cyclist

Don Anderson
Stinger

Chino's Boy #1

Keith Clarke
Gringo

Jim Connell
Boxer

Ted Cooper
Racer

George Dockstader
Cyclist

Sage Valley Race Official

Darren Dublin
Dinky

Sam Gilman
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Joe Haworth
One of Chino's Boys

Harry Landers
GoGo

Eve March
Dorothy

Mort Mills
Deputy

Pigeon

Mary Newton
Mrs. Thomas

Sawyer

Jerry Paris
Dextro

Gene Peterson
Crazy

K.L. Smith
One of Chino's Boys

Mouse

John Tarangelo
Red

Simmonds

Blackie Whiteford
Bystander at Art's Accident

Director

Laslo Benedek
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Producer

Ben Maddow
uncredited

John Paxton
writer

Frank Rooney
novel "The Cyclists' Raid"

producer

Original Music

Leith Stevens
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Cinematographer

Editor

Al Clark
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Production Designer

Rudolph Sternad
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Art Director

Walter Holscher
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Set Decorator

Louis Diage
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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Paul Donnelly
assistant director

Sound Department

George Cooper
sound engineer

Stunts

Fred Carson
stunt double: Marlon Brando

Larry Duran
stunts

Whitey Hughes
stunts

Carey Loftin
stunts

David Sharpe
fight double: Marlon Brando

Tom Steele
fight double: Lee Marvin

Music Department

musical director

Arthur Morton
orchestrator

Shorty Rogers
music arranger

Other Crew

Jim Cameron
technical advisor

Willie Forkner
technical advisor

Production Company

Stanley Kramer Productions
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Distributor

Columbia Pictures
,

Columbia TriStar

RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video






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