best MARLON BRANDO performance, 1950-1960

Allow me to be completely obvious and vote Waterfront.

I won't decide yet but let me put in a good word for Julius Caesar, in which his Mark Antony is a Nixonian, Addison DeWitt-worthy SOB; and The Young Lions, in which he looks tickled to death by his blond dye job and by the electric charge he sends through sulky Monty.

The worst: Sayonara,reprehensible Oscar bait.

he is beautiful as antony, too

There are three of these I haven't seen yet.

Aside from the Kazans, The Fugitive Kind and Julius Caesar are musts.

i student-taught julius caesar and showed some scenes from the movie and this very obnoxious girl when brando first appeared was like, "ooooh antony sexy" and i otmed her in my head.

sayonara gave us china girl at least (and is my mind playing tricks on me or did red buttons actually WIN an oscar for his even more 'tragic' supporting turn?). had to vote waterfront, but will second above comments re: young lions, juliue caesar, fugitive kind. am i the only weirdo that kinda/maybe prefers his 60s work? or at least finds those films more, um, interesting i guess?

au contrarian

Admission: I've only seen the three most famous of these (I count The Wild One as #3). Nothing against Streetcar, but Waterfront for me. Maybe just because I like the film better--it's hard to say which performance is stronger.

you've never seen guys and dolls???

Nope--just George Constanza offering to take Jerry to see it on his birthday.

am i the only weirdo that kinda/maybe prefers his 60s work

Reflections in a Golden Eye perhaps.

Sinatra called him "Mumbles".

I loved the Men when I saw it, but that was twenty years ago+ now.

Fred Zinnemann directed the film debuts of Clift, Brando, Streep.

Seen: Streetcar, Zapata, Wild One, Waterfront, Teahouse, Fugitive (and just a few minutes of Dolls)

stuck between the Kazans.

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I still remember the back of the box referring to his character in Teahouse as the "wily Oriental interpreter Sakini." I think I actually found it moderately entertaining, but I don't remember much.

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reasonable...who's the August Moon joker?

btw his opening monologue in The Fugitive Kind is a stunner, also another one midway. He seems to have respected Lumet and put in the effort.