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Podcast: The Projection Booth Podcast
Episode: Episode 325: One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
Description: Based on Charles Neider's book The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones, One-Eyed Jacks (1961) tells the tale of Rio AKA The Kid, played by Marlon Brando, and Dad Longsworth, played by Karl Malden. The two are outlaws who take very different paths, the Kid being a "noble" criminal while Dad eventually becomes a servant of the law. We watch them spar in the coastal Californian city of Monterrey where the tumultuous water serves as a metaphor for the raging emotions inside each man.The film was originally supposed to have been a powerhouse production with Sam Peckinpah writing the adaptation...