[txranger]

Thought I would do the actual clubs that the "The Wild One" was based on...

The 13 Rebels Motorcycle Club (13 RMC) was started in 1937 by Ernest “Tex” Bryant. “Tex” and the other 12 top-seated motorcycle racers from Southern California made up the founding members of the club.

One of the original “biker” movies named The Wild One was based on a fictitious story of the 13 Rebels and Boozefighters meeting in a small town in northern California. Following is how both clubs were cast--The
“Black Rebels” MC, with Marlin Brando playing “Johnny” (Shell Thuet), the 13 Rebels’ president; and the “Beetles” MC, with Lee Marvin playing the part of “Chino” (Wino), the Boozefighters’ president. The movie was loosely based on “Wino” having left the 13 Rebels and starting his own club (the Boozefighters). This incorrectly illustrated that the 13 Rebels and Boozefighters did not get along after that incident. The truth is
that both clubs got along fine and, actually, hung out at the same watering hole in South Central Los Angeles, CA called the “All American Café”.


13 Rebels