One-Eyed Jacks
This is a western like no other, combining the mythological scope of that most American of genres with the searing naturalism of a performance by Marlon Brando—all suffused with Freudian overtones and masculine anxiety. In his only directing stint, Brando captures rugged coastal and desert landscapes in gorgeous widescreen, Technicolor images, and elicits from his fellow actors (including Karl Malden and Pina Pellicer) nuanced depictions of conflicted characters. 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. Brooding and romantic, Rio is the last and perhaps the most tender of the iconic outsiders that the great actor imbued with such intensity throughout his career.
Special Features
- New 4K digital restoration, undertaken by Universal Pictures in partnership with The Film Foundation and in consultation with filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New introduction by Scorsese
- Excerpts from voice recordings director and star Marlon Brando made during the development of the film’s script
- New video essays on the film’s production history and on its potent combination of the stage and screen icon Brando with the classic Hollywood western genre
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Howard Hampton
New cover by Robert Hunt
Special Features
- New 4K digital restoration, undertaken by Universal Pictures in partnership with The Film Foundation and in consultation with filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New introduction by Scorsese
- Excerpts from voice recordings director and star Marlon Brando made during the development of the film’s script
- New video essays on the film’s production history and on its potent combination of the stage and screen icon Brando with the classic Hollywood western genre
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Howard Hampton
New cover by Robert Hunt
Cast
- Marlon Brando
- Rio
- Karl Malden
- Sheriff Dad Longworth
- Katy Jurado
- Maria Longworth
- Ben Johnson
- Bob Amory
- Slim Pickens
- Deputy Lon Dedrick
- Pina Pellicer
- Louisa
- Larry Duran
- Chico Modesto
- Sam Gilman
- Harvey Johnson
- MÍriam Colón
- Redhead
- Timothy Carey
- Howard Tetley
- Margarita Cordova
- Flamenco Dancer
- Elisha Cook Jr.
- Mr. Carvey, banker
- Rodolfo Acosta
- Rurale captain
- Joan Petrone
- Flower vendor
- Joe Dominguez
- Corral owner
- Tom Webb
- Corral owner’s son
- Ray Teal
- Barney
- John Dierkes
- Chet
- Philip Ahn
- Uncle, hostel owner
- Hank Worden
- Doc
- Clem Harvey
- Tim
- William Forrest
- Bartender
- Mina Martinez
- Margarita
Credits
- Director
- Marlon Brando
- Producer
- Frank P. Rosenberg
- Executive producers
- George Glass
- Executive producers
- Walter Seltzer
- Assistant to the producer
- Carlo Fiore
- Screenplay by
- Guy Trosper
- Screenplay by
- Calder Willingham
- Based on the novel The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones by
- Charles Neider
- Director of photography
- Charles Lang Jr.
- Music by
- Hugo Friedhofer
- Art direction
- Hal Pereira
- Art direction
- J. McMillan Johnson
- Editor
- Archie Marshek
- Set decoration
- Sam Comer
- Set decoration
- Robert Benton
- Sound
- Hugo Grenzbach
- Sound
- Charles Grenzbach
- Special photographic effects
- John P. Fulton
- Technicolor consultant
- Richard Mueller
- Assistant directors
- Francisco Day
- Assistant directors
- Harry Caplan
- Costumes
- Yvonne Wood
- Makeup
- Wally Westmore
- Marlon Brando’s makeup
- Phil Rhodes
- Hair
- Nellie Manley
- Set photographer
- Sam Shaw
A scene from One-Eyed Jacks
