Real Actors Names, Ex-boxers Galore and Two Great Actors in Small Roles.

In this movie Karl Malden, as he did in so many of his films, managed to get his real name into the dialogue. In the testifying scene, the names of the union officers are called. One of the officers, Fred Gwynne, answers to the name of Mladen Sekulovich, which is Karl's actual name. I was aware of this for some time, but it was just tonight that I noticed that another actor did this as well. James Westerfield, who plays the hiring boss, calls out names of those who will work in one scene, and one name mentioned is Westerfield.

Also three ex-boxers had roles as sidekicks for Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb). Two Ton Tony Galento plays a short squat mobster who often says definitely. Tami Mauriello, a former pug, plays one guy in the scene where the union officers stand up. He is identified as an associate or something like that, and corrects them by declaring he is the Recording Secretary, which elicits a big laugh. The third is Abe Simon, who is a very large man with a menacing glare, who is seen in a number of scenes with Johnny Friendly.

Also two very good actors, in addition to quite a few other fine actors who are credited, appear in uncredited roles. One is Martin Balsam, who plays the shorter of the two crime commission investigators. And Nehemiah Persoff plays the cab driver in the famous scene with Steiger and Brando. He has no dialogue and is only seen for a few seconds on screen, but makes the most of that time with the glare that tells you that both Steiger and Brando have been marked for death.