The Men is a 1950 film directed by Fred Zinnemann. It tells the story of a World War II Lieutenant, who is seriously injured in combat, and the struggles he faces as he attempts to re-enter society. It stars Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, and Everett Sloane. The movie was written by Carl Foreman who had previously scripted Champion and Home of the Brave. Although not a commercial success, this film was notable for being Marlon Brando’s film debut. Brando appears at the start of the film as a young infantry Lieutenant leading his platoon through an embattled European town. He advances... into an open square and a shot rings out. He is hit in the lower back and in an instant a robust young man is made paraplegic for the rest of his life. In the hospital he is a sullen and resentful patient and in feeling sorry for himself he finds no sympathy from his fellow paraplegics. , and Leo, , who plays a happy go lucky patient who smokes cigars and bets on horses.
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| Release date: | July 20, 1950 |
| Directed by: | Fred Zinnemann, Pernille Rose Grønkjær |
| Runtime: | 85 Minutes |
| Producer: | Stanley Kramer |
| Editor: | Harry W. Gerstad |
| Music by: | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Cinematography: | Robert De Grasse |
| Screenplay by: | Carl Foreman |