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1953 outlaw biker film directed by László Benedek

For other uses, see The Wild One (disambiguation).

The Wild One is a 1953 American crime film directed by László Benedek and produced by Stanley Kramer.

The picture is most noted for the character of Johnny Strabler, portrayed by Marlon Brando, whose persona became a cultural icon of the 1950s. The Wild One is considered to be the original outlaw biker film, and the first to examine American outlaw motorcycle gang violence.^[2][3][4] The supporting cast features Lee Marvin as Chino, truculent leader of the motorcycle gang "The Beetles".

The film's screenplay was based on Frank Rooney's short story "Cyclists' Raid", published in the January 1951 Harper's Magazine and anthologized in The Best American Short Stories 1952. Rooney's story was inspired by sensationalistic media coverage of an American Motorcyclist Associationmotorcycle rally that got out of hand on the Fourth of Ju