The Men

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American drama film film

The Men is a 1950 American drama film notable for being Marlon Brando’s feature film debut and for its realistic portrayal of a paralyzed World War II veteran’s struggles to readjust to civilian life.

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The Men canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn story by Millard Kaufman ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
cinematographyBy Robert De Grasse ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Fred Zinnemann ⓘ
distributedBy United Artists ⓘ
editedBy William A. Lyon ⓘ
era Classical Hollywood cinema ⓘ
features disabled war veterans as extras ⓘ
featuresActor Everett Sloane ⓘ
Jack Webb ⓘ
Marlon Brando ⓘ
Richard Erdman ⓘ
Teresa Wright ⓘ
filmingLocation Veterans Administration Hospital in Van Nuys, California ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
hasTheme disability ⓘ
marital strain ⓘ
social reintegration ⓘ
war trauma ⓘ
leadActorDebutFilm Marlon Brando ⓘ
leadCharacterDisability paraplegia ⓘ
mainCharacter Ken Wilcheck ⓘ
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Marlon Brando ⓘ
motionPictureRating Approved (MPAA, era-appropriate) ⓘ
musicBy Dimitri Tiomkin ⓘ
notableFor Marlon Brando’s feature film debut ⓘ
realistic portrayal of paraplegic veterans ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotFocus paralyzed World War II veteran ⓘ
readjustment to civilian life ⓘ
portraysInstitution veterans hospital ⓘ
producer Stanley Kramer ⓘ
productionCompany Stanley Kramer Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1950-07-20 ⓘ
releaseYear 1950 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 85 ⓘ
screenplayBy Carl Foreman ⓘ
screenwriter Carl Foreman ⓘ
setInPeriod post–World War II era ⓘ
starring Everett Sloane ⓘ
Jack Webb ⓘ
Marlon Brando ⓘ
Richard Erdman ⓘ
Teresa Wright ⓘ
storyBy Millard Kaufman ⓘ
usesNonProfessionalActors yes ⓘ

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Fred Zinnemann → directed → The Men ⓘ
Stanley Kramer → notableWork → The Men ⓘ
Chaticks si Chaticks → meaning → The Men ⓘ
Carl Foreman → screenwriterOf → The Men ⓘ
Anthony Veiller → wrote → The Men ⓘ
Land of Men → notableChapter → The Men ⓘ