Marlon brando movies one-eyed jacks

1961 film

For other uses, see One-eyed jack (disambiguation).

One-Eyed Jacks is a 1961 American Western film directed by and starring Marlon Brando, his only directorial credit.

Brando portrays the lead character Rio, and Karl Malden plays his partner, "Dad" Longworth.

Marlon brando movies one-eyed jacks

The supporting cast features Pina Pellicer, Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson and Slim Pickens. In 2018, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.^[5]

Plot

Rio, his mentor Dad Longworth, and a third man called Doc rob a bank of two saddlebags of gold in Sonora, Mexico, in 1880.

Mexican rurales (mounted police) catch them celebrating in a cantina and kill Doc. Dad and Rio escape, but Dad leaves Rio to be taken by the rurales. Rio is arrested and spends five hard years in a Sonora prison.

He escapes and travels to Monterey, California, where Dad has become sheriff. Rio plans to kill Dad and rob the bank in Monterey with