The Men is a solid mid-century postwar disability drama that has a great performance from Marlon Brando and an excellent supporting turn from Arthur Jurado.
It is, as you might imagine from the title, obsessed with the idea that disabled men are (still) men. Much of this Fred Zinnemann feature rings oddly now, I guess, but there are still some intriguing ideas, and, as I say, some interesting acting. Although probably the most interesting thing is watching an acting style like Teresa Wright's – truly old school Broadway stuff – next to performers like Brando, Jurado, Everett Sloane, and Jack Webb, who just didn't have that same kind of approach to acting.
I watched The Men on the Criterion Channel - just before it leaves at the end of the month.
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