Stars 49 of the men from Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital. Marlon Brando's screen debut. He is reported to have prepared for his role as an embittered paraplegic by lying in bed for a month in a veterans' hospital. This film features the first public games of the Paralyzed Veterans Association's water polo and wheelchair basketball team members. To accustom himself to his role as a paraplegic, Brando remained in a wheelchair on and off the set for the duration of the shoot. ...[Read Story ]