Der Wilde (1953)
52KDer Wilde: Directed by Laslo Benedek. With Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy, Robert Keith, Lee Marvin. Two rival motorcycle gangs terrorize a small town after one of their leaders is thrown in jail.
“The was first famous u0026quot;bikeru0026quot; movie and so itu0026#39;s dated, for sure, but still interesting. In fact, itu0026#39;s so dated in parts that itu0026#39;s charming. What surprised me was that some of the expressions of the day and the hand-slapping is still around today! Iu0026#39;ll bet a lot of people did not know they didnu0026#39;t do these u0026quot;hipu0026quot; things so long ago.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMarlon Brando, as the lead character u0026quot;Johnny Strabler,u0026quot; was fun to watch and Mary Murphy – an unknown actress to me – was very attractive as u0026quot;Kathie Bleeker.u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat looked strange was the bikers, in general. They looked so clean-cut it was almost laughable, hardly like the bikers since then. The gang member who looked the part was Lee Marvin as u0026quot;Chino,u0026quot; who was a hoot the first time I saw this film but an overblown clown on subsequent viewings.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie had some nice film-noir photography, too, with some nice nighttime shots. The only negatives were a couple of stupid dialog scenes but youu0026#39;ll get that in dated pictures (and in most movies of today, too!) u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eu0026#39;The Wild Oneu0026quot; is corny, but, on a personal note, I felt far better than the other u0026#39;50s teen-rebellion stories, such as Rebel Without A Cause.”
