DVD Features:
- Rated: Not Rated
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 19 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Released: October 27, 1998
- Originally Released: 1954
- Label: Sony Pictures
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Packaging: Keep Case
- Collectors Edition
- Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
- Additional Release Material:
- Interactive Features:
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Access
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Entertainment Reviews:
Total Film - 05/01/2000
"...A charged bout of denim-clad hooliganism, this grand-daddy of biker films is as legendary as its brutish leading man..."
Entertainment Weekly - 07/16/2004
"Laslo Benedek's film was the occasion for a defining Brando moment....[With] a line that helped launch several generations of adolescent, anarchic revolt."
Premiere - 10/01/2004
"[Brando is] relaxed yet electrifying..."
Uncut - 12/01/2004
"[I]ts iconic status is down to Brando's camply brooding presence."
Product Description:
In one of his most famous roles, Brando stars as the head of a savage motorcycle gang which terrorizes a small town. He gets his first real chance at a normal and productive life when he falls in love with a young woman who lives there, but a psychotic rival to his position as leader threatens everything.
Plot Synopsis:
Stanley Kramer's stylized portrait of America's rebellious youth is considered the original motorcycle movie.
Like a swarm of insects, Johnny's motorcycle club roams the countryside terrorizing one small-town after another. His gang of forty vicious hoodlums resents discipline, challenges authority and mocks convention. Riding into yet another township, they vandalize stores and trample private property. Meanwhile, Johnny romances Kathie, the pretty but repressed daughter of a local police officer. But when the gang spins out of control, an innocent man is accidentally killed and Johnny becomes the scapegoat.
Plot Keywords:
Essential Cinema |
Gangs |
Recommended |
Romance |
Small Towns |
Suspense |
Theatrical Release |
Thriller
Production Notes:
- A Stanley Kramer Company production.
- Additional cast members include: Robert Osterloh, Robert Bice, William Vedder, Yvonne Doughty, Keith Clarke, Darren Dublin, Johnny Tarangelo, Gene Peterson, Harry Landers, Jim Connell, Don Anderson and Angela Stevens.
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