Director: Edward Dmytryk

Writer: Edward Anhalt

From novel: The Young Lions by Irwin Shaw

Keywords: Drama, WWII

The lives of three very different men change dramatically as soldiers in WWII: Marlon Brando is Christian Diestl, ski instructor slowly turned inhuman by the Nazi war machine; Montgomery Clift is Noah Ackerman, a shy Jewish private in the American army who finds courage; and Dean Martin is Michael Whiteacre, actor with a desk job who decides to fight. Also Maximilian Schell's first role in an American film, serving as Brando's ruthless captain. Though not nearly as anti-war as Erwin Shaw's novel, that message still comes through. Received 3 Oscar nominations including Best Cinematography and Best Dramatic Score.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Parley Baer	Actor	5-Aug-1914	22-Nov-2002	Chester on Gunsmoke radio
Marlon Brando	Actor	3-Apr-1924	1-Jul-2004	A Streetcar Named Desire
May Britt	Actor	22-Mar-1933		The Young Lions
Montgomery Clift	Actor	17-Oct-1920	23-Jul-1966	From Here to Eternity
Arthur Franz	Actor	29-Feb-1920	17-Jun-2006	The Sniper
Hope Lange	Actor	28-Nov-1931	19-Dec-2003	Peyton Place
Dean Martin	Singer	7-Jun-1917	25-Dec-1995	Member of Rat Pack
Liliane Montevecchi	Actor	13-Oct-1932	29-Jun-2018	King Creole
Herbert Rudley	Actor	22-Mar-1910	9-Sep-2006	Herb Hubbard on The Mothers-in-Law
Barbara Rush	Actor	4-Jan-1927		The Young Philadelphians
Maximilian Schell	Actor	8-Dec-1930	1-Feb-2014	Judgment at Nuremberg
Lee Van Cleef	Actor	9-Jan-1925	16-Dec-1989	The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

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