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Actors: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about One-Eyed Jacks |
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After criminals Rio (Brando) and Dad (Malden) rob a bank in Mexico, the latter manages to steal the gold and leave his partner in the desert to be captured or die. Years pass before Rio breaks out of prison and hunts down his old partner for revenge. By this time, a reformed Dad is a California sheriff with a family and the lingering fear that Rio will come after him. A big showdown is in store. Stanley Kubrick was originally tapped to direct this 1961 film, and Rod Serling, Sam Peckinpah, Calder Willingham, and Guy Trosper were among the writers who worked on the script. The movie ended up being Brando's first and only directorial effort. Although his inexperience meant that he shot 6 times as much footage as usual, and Paramount eventually lost patience with his indecisiveness and took the film away to edit it, the result is a classic early anti-hero Western that features not scenes not only of Death Valley but the sea (rare in a Western) shot at Big Sur and the Monterey Peninsula.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Marlon Brando plays Ringo, a thief and a conman, with a quick temper and an even quicker trigger finger. Shortly after a successful bank robbery Ringo is betrayed by Dad (Karl Malden) and put in a Mexican prision for five years. After his release he tracks down Dad, but discovers that he is now a town marshall and is married. Ringo has vowed to get even, no matter what the price.
This is a good western and the only film Brando ever directed.
--Ryan Bauslaugh, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of One-Eyed Jacks |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- robbing bank
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- muscular (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn, straight
Body type
- very skinny (woman)
How much in movie?
- 40%
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- bald
Hair type
- (man) bald
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
- California
Small town?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
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