Cavassoni. When casting Brando in "The Chase",  Spiegel was worried that Marlon, a motorcycle enthusiast, would wind  up killing himself like James Dean (I) (qv) had, in an accident.  (Brando had badly lacerated his knee while biking before filming  began.) Spiegel constantly queried "Chase" director  Arthur Penn (qv) as to whether Brando had brought his motorbike  with him to the filming. When Brando got wind of this, he had his  motorcycle brought over to the set to play a joke on Spiegel, who  quickly arrived at the shooting to see that Brando didnt drive it.  When Spiegel found out it was all a joke, the normally taciturn  producer laughed heartily.