The Wild One

Johnny (Marlon Brando) and his motorcycle gang roll into Carbonville for a biker competition and raise enough hell to get kicked out of town. They repair to nearby Wrightsville and continue their reign of terror. The local sheriff (Robert Keith) is helpless to stop them, but when a rival gang arrives, he manages to arrest their leader, Chino (Lee Marvin). Meanwhile, Johnny finds himself attracted to the sheriff’s daughter, Kathie (Mary Murphy), and decides to stick around.
Release date: December 30, 1953 (USA)
Director: László Benedek
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Based on: Cyclists’ Raid; 1951 story in Harper’s; by Frank Rooney
Music by: Leith Stevens
Production company: Stanley Kramer Pictures Corp.