The film opens with a sympathetic army shrink, an unnamed captain (Jeff Corey), in a military hospital during World War II trying to find out the psychological cause of the paralysis of a young Negro private named Peter Moss (James Edwards), who returned from a dangerous five-man voluntary four-day reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held Pacific island unable to walk for no apparent physical reasons. That’s not to say its message isn’t on target, wasn’t necessary at the time and not without some hard-hitting moments.

But when viewed today, it seems more like a cautionary tale that is as outdated as its flashbacks on a basketball game. It reflected a positive change in attitude towards blacks by Hollywood.

At its release date it was viewed as a daring ‘Negro problem picture,’ that intelligently portrayed blacks as concerned over racial issues (no longer in plantation roles as singers and hoofers) and launched Hollywood’s cycle of Negro problem pictures at the end of the 1940s (Pinky, Lost Boundaries, and Intruder in the Dust).

In the film the then 35-year-old liberal producer Kramer substituted a Negro character for the Jewish victim. The play tells of a young Jewish soldier who was the victim of anti-Semitism while serving his country. Home of the Brave is based on the hit Broadway play by Arthur Laurents it was written by Carl Foreman and directed by Mark Robson. Mingo), James Edwards (Peter Moss), Cliff Clark (Colonel Baker Runtime: 88 MPAA Rating: NR producers: Stanley Kramer/Robert Stillman Republic Pictures Home Videos 1949) Everett), Jeff Corey (Doctor), Lloyd Bridges (Finch), Frank Lovejoy (Sgt.

(director: Mark Robson screenwriters: Carl Foreman/from the play by Arthur Laurents cinematographer: Robert De Grasse editor: Harry Gerstad music: Dimitri Tiomkin cast: Douglas Dirk (Major Robinson), Steve Brodie (Corporal T.J.

Home of the brave 2006 cast