The Wild One
1954
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61% Tomatometer 18 Reviews 72% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings After pulling a bank heist in Mexico, the outlaw Rio (Marlon Brando) and his partner, Dad Longworth (Karl Malden), make a run for it...
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- Marlon Brando
- Marlon Brando
- Western, Drama
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One-Eyed Jacks Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Peter Sobczynski The Spool. [It's] either an enormously ambitious but uneven work at worst, or one of the...
One-Eyed Jacks not only is a superb Western, one of my all-time favorites, it is also an excellent Oedipal drama that moves beyond the bounds of genre into the mytho-poetic. Brando and Karl Malden both turn in outstanding performances, and the supporting cast, featuring Slim Pickens, Ben Johnson and Katy Jurado, is wonderful.
One-Eyed Jacks received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 61% approval rating based on 18 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10.
Nov 21, 2016 · Synopsis. A western like no other, One-Eyed Jacks combines the mythological scope of that most American of film genres with the searing naturalism of a performance by Marlon Brando, all suffused with Freudian overtones and male anxiety. In his only directing stint, Brando captures the rugged landscapes of California’s Central Coast and Mexico ...
131 User reviews. 57 Critic reviews. Nominated for 1 Oscar.
Though the production was overwhelmed by its director’s perfectionism and plagued by setbacks and studio reediting, One-Eyed Jacks stands as one of Brando’s great achievements, thanks above all to his tortured turn as Rio, a bank robber bent on revenge against his former partner in crime.
