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One-Eyed Jacks
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. 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. It was the last film shot in the VistaVision format until The Brutalist in 2024 and the last film projected in the format until One Battle After Another in 2025.
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. In 1885, Rio escapes and travels to Monterey, California, where Dad has become sheriff. Rio plans to kill Dad and rob the bank in Monterey with his new partners Chico Modesto, Harvey Johnson and Bob Emory.
More details
| author | Calder Willingham Guy Trosper Rod Serling Sam Peckinpah |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Mexico |
| director | Marlon Brando |
| editor | Archie Marshek |
| genre | western |
| keywords | arrest bank job derringer hunt kill on the beach oregon rid rurales sheriff spring third man young girl your face |
| musicBy | Hugo Friedhofer |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Color |
| producer | Frank P. Rosenberg |
| productionCompany | Pennebaker Productions |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |