The Men (Battle Stripe)

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Directed by

Fred Zinnemann

Starring (View all)

Marlon Brando
Ken Wilocek

Teresa Wright
Ellen

Everett Sloane
Dr. Brock

Jack Webb
Norm Butler

Richard Erdman
Leo Doolin

Arthur Jurado
Angel

Virginia Farmer
Nurse Robbins

Dorothy Tree
Ellen's Mother

Written by

Carl Foreman
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13 years, 8 months ago at Aug 20 17:01

Citizen Caine

Very good. Very good indeed. Not the strongest of debuts for Marlon Brando but certainly a strong debut from him. He plays a paraplegic war veteran who, straight from his opening monologue, has completely given up on leading a normal life. It takes his wife, Teresa Wright, and doctor, Everett Sloane (who gives a teriffic performance) to literally try to get him back on his feet. There are some exc... read more

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8 years, 11 months ago at Jun 5 16:25

JxSxPx

Like many of Stanley Kramer’s film, The Men is a solidly built bit of moralizing, a “message movie” that marries dramatic form to topicality. Sometimes these films felt less like coherently constructed narrative films than long sermons, occasionally more than a little self-righteous (Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner is the worst for this liberal back-patting, and I’m a huge liberal). Kramer�... read more

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4 years, 7 months ago at Sep 29 16:26

fernando

Good social material for Zinneman, Brando is a great debutante, but too many narration by edition effect, when one expects the dramatic acting crisis...

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Paralyzed war vet tries to adjust to the world without the use of his limbs.

Release date: 25 August 1950
UPC: 017153145861

Tags: 1950s (6), 1950 (4), Drama (3), Marlon Brando (2), Usa (1), Black & White (1), HQ (1), 50's (1), United Artists (1), Marlon Brando (1), Stanley Kramer Productions (1)

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