The movie deals with the pressure to name names before the authorities, and some critics felt that the director had used it to justify his own collaboration with the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Legend has it that Arthur Miller turned down the chance to write the screenplay because of lingering doubts about the director and his relation to the Hollywood blacklist. The movie deals with the pressure to name names before the authorities, and some critics felt that the director had used it to justify his own collaboration with the House Un-American Activities Committee. For 10 points, name the 1954 Elia Kazan movie that starred Marlon Brando, whose character responds to charges of ratting by protesting, "I was rattin' on myself all those years. I didn't even know it," and more famously explains to his brother how he "coulda been a contender."
Legend has it that Arthur Miller turned down the chance to write the screenplay because of lingering doubts about the director and his relation to the Hollywood blacklist.
{On The Waterfront}