The Men (Blu-ray)

Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront) set the mark for a brilliant career in the Men, his film debut. Brando plays an ex-WWII GI, Ken who returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his Fiancée (Teresa Wright) and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock (Everett Sloane) cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm (Jack Webb), Leo (Richard Erdman) and Angel (Arthur Jurado) begin to pull him out of his spiritual miasma. High Noon writing and directing greats, Carl Foreman (The Guns of Navarone), and Fred Zimmermann (From Here to Eternity) worked together for the first time in this rousing drama nominated for a Best Screenplay Oscar. Produced by the great Stanley Kramer (Inherit the Wind) with a haunting score by the legendary composer, Dimitri Tiomkin (Rio Bravo).

Starring: Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane, Jack Webb, Richard Erdman, Marguerite Martin, DeForest Kelley, John Hamilton, Margarita Martin, Arthur Jurado, Virginia Farmer, Dorothy Tree, Howard St. John, Nita Hunter, Patricia Joiner, John Miller, Cliff Clark, Ray Teal, Obie Parker, Ray Mitchell, Pete Simon, Paul Peltz, Tom Gillick, Randall Updyke III, Marshall Ball, Carlo Lewis, William Lea Jr., Dr. Norman Karr, Helen Winston, Rhoda Cormeny, Eunice Newberry, Polly Bergen

Director: Burt Lancaster, Harold Hecht, James Hill, Stanley Kramer, Tony Curtis

Rating: NR