Brando, 'The Wild One' - What is it ?

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Brando, 'The Wild One' - What is it ?

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Came across this photo of Marlon Brando on the set of 'The Wild One', I've not seen before, what do you think it is ?
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Re: Brando, 'The Wild Bunch' - What is it ?

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A search: 'Brando Matchless' finds a post from 2010 here:

http://www.jampot.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... ess#p60715
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Re: Brando, 'The Wild Bunch' - What is it ?

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Marlon Brando astride a British Matchless twin cylinder motorcycle– its ‘M' logo badge is actually upside-down to resemble a ‘W', which makes sense since it belonged to stunt rider “Wally” Allbright. Lifted from Pinterest
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Re: Brando, 'The Wild Bunch' - What is it ?

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Isn't it the bike ridden in the film by the "bad guy", Lee Marvin". That had the "W" badge, if I remember correctly. Nice picture!
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Re: Brando, 'The Wild Bunch' - What is it ?

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i have one in my collection
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Roy, that's awesome, is it a '53'....
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Most parts are 1953 but 1956 G11 engine I built it ten years ago as a copy
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I don't want to swear on an open forum, but I think Lee Marvin rode a Harley. The W badged Matchless can be seen in the background in the fight scene.
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The Harley seems to need a lot of kicking to get it started!
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The gentleman to the left of Lee Marvin is so ashamed of following a Harley that he's put a bag over his head! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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