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Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.
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Feb 6, 2024 · via TMDB
"Ken" (Marlon Brando) is a paraplegic war veteran who has returned to the United States, and to an hospital, psychologically ill-equipped to cope with his new situation. His doctor "Brock" (Everett Sloane) tries to understand this increasingly violent and reactionary man whilst his wife "Ellen" (Teresa Wright) vacillates between the terrified and the loving. His behaviour slowly alienates all those around him - including his fellow soldiers and pretty soon he is looking at being kicked out of the place - or worse, being sent to jail. Brando is good here. Watching his performance here it's not hard to see why audiences fell in love with him. Not just because he looks great, but because here he exudes a degree of frustration and exasperation that is selfish, yes, but also explicable in an environment in which prosthetics weren't really an option and so life in a chair was all that was on offer. That prospect challenged his very masculinity and posed quite a problem for "Sloane" and his erstwhile loving wife. On that front, Wright delivers well too, if sparingly, as a woman just as frustrated as her husband - with no real prospect of a solution for her on the cards either. It packs quite a bit of punch for just under ninety minutes and sends a salutary message to an audience that might need to be made more aware of the limitations of the post traumatic treatment being offered to people who suffer life-changing injuries of both a physical and a mental nature, and though I didn't really love the conclusion, it's still well worth a watch.
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Marlon Brando
Ken
Teresa Wright
Ellen
Everett Sloane
Dr. Brock
Jack Webb
Norm
Richard Erdman
Leo
Arthur Jurado
Angel
Virginia Farmer
Nurse Robbins
Dorothy Tree
Ellen's Mother
Howard St. John
Ellen's Father
Nita Hunter
Dolores
Patricia Joiner
Laverne
John 'Skins' Miller
Mr. Doolin
Cliff Clark
Dr. Kameran
Ray Teal
Man at Bar
Margarita Martín
Angel's Mother
Sayre Dearing
Bar Patron (uncredited)
John Hamilton
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
DeForest Kelley
Dr. Sherman (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
Polly Bergen
Nightclub Singer (Uncredited)
Don Weis
Dialogue Coach
Fred Zinnemann
Director
Stanley Kramer
Producer
Clem Beauchamp
Production Manager
Dimitri Tiomkin
Music Director
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Carl Foreman
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Carl Foreman
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The Third Clef
Charlie
The Hanged Man
We Are Stronger
The Working Man
SOS jeunesse en détresse
Gran Torino
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
A Girl Named Ann
My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown
Dolores Claiborne
The Caine Mutiny
Melancholia
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Kiss of Death
House of Sand and Fog
The Sweet Hereafter
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Kickboxer
Hot Road
Interiors
Manic
Wings
The Marksman
Daisy Kenyon
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Tracker
The Salvation
Honeycomb
The Beaver
Crazy
Alan & Naomi
The Death King
Sunrise at Campobello
Queen of Earth
No and Me
Henry Poole Is Here
Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her
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Sven Tuuva the Hero
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