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The Young Lions was a novel by Irwin Shaw and a 1958 film based upon the book starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, and Dean Martin. Set during World War II, the story involves a Nazi (Brando) and two friends in the U.S. Army (Clift and Martin). The film, a smashing box-office success, was the key to Martin's huge comeback in the wake of his split with partner Jerry Lewis. Tony Randall originally had Martin's role but talent agency MCA insisted that Martin replace Randall, since with Martin they'd have a triple threat: with night clubs, recordings, and movies, and whoever played Randall's role of Michael Whiteacre opposite Brando and Clift, the two most intriguing movie actors during the 1950s, would be in a completely different position from that time forward. This was the only movie that Brando and Clift made together.

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