Viva Zapata

I'm a huge Brando fan, and, once again, with Kazan at the helm, he gives a solid performance. I thought Quinn was good, but not great.

Written by Steinbeck, right? It had 'all the right people' for a 1952 film.

Brando arguably gave an Oscar worthy performance 4 of his first 5 films. "The Men", "Streetcar", "Zapata", "The Wild One", "On The Waterfront". 

The only total misfire was "Desiree", and he didn't want to do it.

I heard somewhere once, we wouldn't have had Elvis as we knew him, without Brando to model his persona on. James Dean, etc.

His later career may have been mixed, but he shot out of the cannon like a rocket.

Even in his bad films, he usually does an 'interesting' job with whatever part. Sometimes for shts and grins, I watch "Missouri Breaks", a film some critics have argued he 'ruined' with his campy performance. The may even be right, but he's hysterical in that role!