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Overview

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Director:
Marlon Brando
Writers:
Guy Trosper (screenplay) and
Calder Willingham (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
30 March 1961 (USA) more
Genre:
Western more
Tagline:
NOW THE SCREEN ACHIEVES SURPASSING GREATNESS! (original ad - all caps) more
Plot:
Running from the law after a bank robbery in Mexico, Dad Longworth finds an opportunity to take the... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations more
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(3 articles)
The Stanley Kubrick Films That Never Were
 (From CinemaRetro. 2 August 2009, 3:26 PM, PDT)

Marlon Brando Dies at 80
 (From IMDb News. 2 July 2004)

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Brando's directorial debut - marvelous, albeit flawed more (66 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Marlon Brando ... Rio

Karl Malden ... Sheriff Dad Longworth
Katy Jurado ... Maria Longworth

Pina Pellicer ... Louisa

Ben Johnson ... Bob Amory
Slim Pickens ... Deputy Lon Dedrick
Larry Duran ... Chico Modesto
Sam Gilman ... Harvey Johnson

Timothy Carey ... Howard Tetley
Miriam Colon ... Redhead
Elisha Cook Jr. ... Carvey (as Elisha Cook)
Rodolfo Acosta ... Mexican rurale captain (as Rudolph Acosta)
Joan Petrone ... Flower girl
Tom Webb ... Farmer's son
Ray Teal ... Barney
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Additional Details

Runtime:
141 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:(Banned) (1961) | Finland:K-18 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1991) | West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Big Sur, California, USA more

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Trivia:
Marlon Brando's original cut of the movie was over five hours long. more
Quotes:
Bob: We brought you along because you're supposed to be the big man with the iron; but I think now I could even out pull you.
Rio: You're probably right, Bob. You probably could put six in me by the time I put that one into you.
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Referenced in "Screenwipe: (#2.3)" (2006) more

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Brando's directorial debut - marvelous, albeit flawed, 26 November 2004
Author: MovieAddict2009 from UK

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Marlon Brando's first cut of the film was allegedly 5 hours long. He was reportedely unhappy with the final product, despite its box-office success. "Now, it's a good picture for them [Paramount]," he said upon its release, "but it's not the picture I made... now the characters in the film are black-and-white, not gray-and-human as I planned them."

Hand it to Brando to be dissatisfied with a film because he didn't manage to make it as long as he wanted to. Regardless of what Brando thought, this is a really fine Western and a unique one, too - it seems fresh and "new," like a Cool Man's West or something. Having Brando (when he was still looking fairly trim) in the lead role certainly gives it a certain glamor and the story itself - and execution - is great.

Overall I wish Brando had made another film after this but to the best of my knowledge this is really the only true film he ever made. If he was just trying to prove he could direct, he did - even if the film has its flaws, it's far from bad. In fact, it's very, very good - and extremely entertaining.

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