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Marlon Brando,
Marlon Brando,
Teresa Wright,
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Fred Zinnemann,
Fred Zinnemann
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: Not Rated
: Republic Pictures
: Classics, Drama, Classic Drama, Classic Drama
: 85 min.
: English
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Fred Zinnemann's sensitive film on the plight of paraplegic WWII veterans features Marlon Brando in his superbly moving screen debut. He plays Lt. Bud Wilozek, one of a group of veterans recovering in the paraplegic ward of a hospital in his hometown. His former fiancée, Ellen (Theresa Wright), explains to his physician, Dr. Brock (Everett Sloane), her concern about his isolation and apparent depression since he has broken their engagment and refuses to see her. He counsels her to be patient, but when he decides to broach the issue with Bud, the embittered patient reacts angrily to the doctor's intrusiveness, and continues to refuse to see Ellen. The doctor cajoles the withdrawn paraplegic into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Richard Erdman, Jack Webb, and Arthur Jurado begin to pull Bud out of his spiritual miasma. At length, his sense of hope starts to return, and after seeing Ellen for the first time in months, he begins to contemplate the possibility of marriage. Zinnemann and screenwriter Carl Foreman spent a month in a veteran's hospital researching the film, and Brando lived in the paraplegic unit for a time as part of his preparation. ~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide
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| Marlon Brando RIP |
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| Brando was wildly uneven and difficult to work with right up until the end (Just ask Frank Oz, who directed him in THE SCORE and lived to regret it.) Still, his influence was (is) huge. (JULIUS CAESAR and BURN are also good and not available on DVD yet.) |
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