Fred Zinnemann finally came up with a script that Marlon Brando liked enough to leave the stage and head for Hollywood. And the rest is history. That script turned out to be The Men. Brando is Bud, a parapoliegic shot in WWII and recovering in a veterans hospital. Unfortunatly there is no hope for Bud ever walking again, a fact he refuses to except. This movie is an spirited character peruse. Brando shows here why he would become the most influential actor of the last half century. He briliantly depicts a man at vast odds with himself. The supporting cast of characters, Teresa Wright(Bud’s like interest), the doctors, and the men in the hospital, are well cast. Fans of character driven dramas and Brando fans should acquire a kick out of this film.
This film was Marlon Brando’s first staring role in a film, and he provides a masterful performance as a stale with a spinal cord injury who is coming to grips with his changed life. His faithful wife who displays gargantuan courage in sticking with her man through a very difficult time is also well acted. A microscopic melodramatic, as many early 1950’s films were, but very realistic. Based on the just narrative of the first US SCI veterans who were discharged out of the hospital to return home after WW II, it was filmed at a veterans hospital and some of the extras are staunch patients at the center. The physician is based on Ernst Bors, MD who is considered the father of SCI care in the USA, and who worked in this field in the VA healthcare system for another 35 years.
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