Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.

Marlon Brando
as Ken

Teresa Wright
as Ellen

Everett Sloane
as Dr. Brock

Jack Webb
as Norm

Richard Erdman
as Leo

Arthur Jurado
as Angel

Virginia Farmer
as Nurse Robbins

Dorothy Tree
as Ellen's Mother

Howard St. John
as Ellen's Father

Nita Hunter
as Dolores
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"Ken" (Marlon Brando) is a paraplegic war veteran who has returned to the United States, and to an hospital, psychologically ill-equipped to cope with his new situation. His doctor "Brock" (Everett Sloane) tries to understand this increasingly violent and reactionary man whilst his wife "Ellen" (Ter...