Film Forum

U.S., 1953
Directed by László Benedek
Screenplay by John Paxton, Ben Maddow
Starring Marlon Brando, Mary Murphy
Approx. 79 min. DCP.

“What’re you rebelling against?” “Whaddya got?” In an image that launched a million posters, biker Marlon Brando and his gang zoom into Wrightsville (get it?) and shake things up but good — but there’s Lee Marvin’s off-the-wall rival leader to contend with.

Reviews

“Brando's magnetism is eternal.”
– Kim Newman, Empire Magazine

“A sleazy good time.”
– Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader