Picture of Marlon Brando

"Kubrick, for instance, must have left One-Eyed Jacks feeling more than a little peeved, but soon he was telling James Mason of Brando's great theatrical intelligence, of how he could improvise entire plot developments and impressive exchanges of dialogue on the spur of the moment."
-David Downing

Stanley Kubrick was initially set to direct One-Eyed Jacks but left the film, and this gave Marlon the opportunity to direct the movie.