THE WILD ONE (1953)

classic total classic this was cool before cool was invented

This movie is the reason the Beatles are named the Beatles. The Beatles' first bass player Stu Sutcliffe (who died before the Beatles got famous) was a huge Marlon Brando fan. He watched the scene in this movie where Lee Marvin says to Brando, "All the beetles have missed you." "Beetles" was slang for "motorcycle girls." Sutcliffe told John Lennon their group should be named the Beetles, and John added the "a" (for "beat") and the name "Beatles" was born. (Info from THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY book.)

@bebe1001 there peices of junk especially the new ones. I have respect for the old ones but the new ones are a shit load of work to maintain anf they fall apart

saw this in school today it whas awesome even if its black and white and so old its kinda better than the movies ive seen in the past few years

As for him being old for the part, most bikers are not nor were they young kids. Actually Lee Marvin's character looks even older.

Everyone in this dated film was too old, especially the bisexual Brando.

looks like a normal weekend away to me.......

My mother complaned to me that my father took her to see this movie more times than she could count. One night after seeing it they took a spill on the scooter when she was pregnant with me. Didn't know it at the time. She was just scuffed up a bit and good ole dad broke all five toes on his right foot. My father was the last surviving origanal member of the Jolly Rogers MC when he died. The club is still trying to get his patch back.