I don't believe that Xanax and other more recent tranquilizers were available when this film was produced, but Miltown and others were. Whatever, Marlon Brando's performance proves that even Babe Ruth could occasionally go "0-for-5". His accent is effected and very annoying - he sounds more Arte Johnson when he portrayed the German soldier/buffoon on "Laugh-In," and even Arte was more animated and interesting. Thus, we can only conclude that either Brando was undergoing shock treatments while filming, or consuming "Miltown sandwiches" daily. Whatever he didn't consume, he passed along to Montgomery Clift, whose always laconic persona (appropriate in other films), was equally annoying in this flick. Finally, Maximilian Schell chewed more scenery than a horde of beavers could have consumed. A very mediocre representation of a fine Shaw novel. Would that the producer and director had viewed "Stalag 17" just prior to casting and filming.
Review of The Young Lions
