1953 · drama · crime
The Wild One
Directed by László Benedek1h 19m1953
The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.
Our read: The Wild One (1953) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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