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The Men

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Marlon Brando and Teresa Wright in The Men (1950)
A paralyzed war vet tries to adjust to the world without the use of his limbs.
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A paralyzed war vet tries to adjust to the world without the use of his limbs.A paralyzed war vet tries to adjust to the world without the use of his limbs.A paralyzed war vet tries to adjust to the world without the use of his limbs.
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    • Fred Zinnemann
    • Carl Foreman(story)
  • Stars
    • Marlon Brando
    • Teresa Wright
    • Everett Sloane
    • Fred Zinnemann
    • Carl Foreman(story)
  • Stars
    • Marlon Brando
    • Teresa Wright
    • Everett Sloane
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 62User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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    Marlon Brando
    Marlon Brando
    • Ken Wilocek
    Teresa Wright
    Teresa Wright
    • Ellen
    Everett Sloane
    Everett Sloane
    • Dr. Brock
    Jack Webb
    Jack Webb
    • Norm Butler
    Richard Erdman
    Richard Erdman
    • Leo Doolin
    Arthur Jurado
    Arthur Jurado
    • Angel
    Virginia Farmer
    Virginia Farmer
    • Nurse Robbins
    Dorothy Tree
    Dorothy Tree
    • Ellen's Mother
    Howard St. John
    Howard St. John
    • Ellen's Father
    Nita Hunter
    • Dolores
    Patricia Joiner
    • Laverne
    John 'Skins' Miller
    • Mr. Doolin
    • (as John Miller)
    Cliff Clark
    • Dr. Kameran
    Ray Teal
    Ray Teal
    • Man at Bar
    Margarita Martín
    • Angel's Mother
    • (as Marguerite Martin)
    Forty Five of The Men of Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital
    • Themselves
    • (as And .... Forty Five of The Men of Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital)
    Ted Anderson
    • PVA Board
    • (uncredited)
    Marshall Ball
    • Romano
    • (uncredited)
      • Fred Zinnemann
      • Carl Foreman(story) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Marlon Brando's screen debut. He is reported to have prepared for his role as an embittered paraplegic by lying in bed for a month in a veterans' hospital.
    • Goofs
      When Ken faints, Norm wets a little towel and puts it untidily on Ken's forehead. In the next shot the towel is perfectly neat.
    • Quotes

      Ellen's father: If he loves you as much you love him, he'll make you go.

      Ellen: You've been so clever, so logical, I've never knew that you handled words so well.

      Ellen's father: That's not an answer, Elly.

      Ellen: You weren't quite so logical a few years ago when we needed some boys to ground and get killed or paralyzed.

    • Connections
      Featured in From the Journals of Jean Seberg (1995)
    • Soundtracks
      Waltz in B Flat Major
      (uncredited)

      Music by Frédéric Chopin

      Played on radio

    User reviews62

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    A True Great Story by a veteran's son.
    This film holds a personal touch for me because my father was one of the paraplegics featured in this film. I know it's story to be a true and an accurate "slice-of-life" for the late 1940's public views on wheelchair bound veterans. This film is consistant with the producer[Krammer] and director[Zinnemann] film legacy of making socially conscious films. This one is a film gem! Reviewers like "Renee" should realize that there was NO measure of handicapped public awareness in 1949. People would whisper, stare, and step away from people in wheelchairs. Hand controls for cars, ramps & wide doors for wheelchairs in public restraurants, homes and hospitals were still quite new. I know, I was there at my dad's side for many many years. The point of the film was the interest about people overcoming obstacles. The cast was believeable and very outstanding. I find this film to be a very enjoyable memory into seeing again my dad with all his wheelchair friends that I grew to know. My dad and many of the veterans in this film started the Paralyzed Veterans Association or PVA. This organization is still helping needy veterans. My dad lived a very full life. While there are less and less of these "The Men" still alive; their courage and this film's insiteful positive message is worth expressing today. This is an interesting character driven film, hurrah! [This film or it's cast should NOT be compared or confused with the politically radical biography film, "Born of the Fourth of July". They are a study in opposites. My father and I thought that film was horrible and demeaning to wheelchair veterans because of it's director's heavy handed self-serving political viewpoint staged in that film.]
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    • Oct 29, 2002

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    • Release date
      • August 25, 1950 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Spanish
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      • John Ford Ranch, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Stanley Kramer Productions
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    • 1 hour 27 minutes
      • Black and White

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