Film Forum

U.S., 1950
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Starring Marlon Brando, Teresa Wright, Everett Sloane, Jack Webb
Approx. 87 min. DCP.

“A ward full of war veteran paraplegics under the stern but loving care of Doctor Everett Sloane, struggle to come to terms with their predicament, hoping eventually to exchange their own tough bonhomie for the world outside.” – Time Out

Reviews

“Haunting and affecting.”
– Bosley Crowther, The New York Times

“Young Marlon manages to sidestep sentimentality; even confined to a wheelchair, the raw power underlying his controlled gestures and brooding glances is charismatic.”
– Geoff Andrew, Time Out