 According to Arthur Miller (I) (qv) in his autobiography  "Timebends", he had written a screenplay dealing with corruption on  the New York waterfront called "The Hook". Elia Kazan (qv) had  agreed to direct it, and in 1951 they went to see  Harry Cohn (I) (qv) at Columbia Pictures about making the picture.  Cohn agreed in principle to make "The Hook", but his minions were  troubled by the portrayal of corrupt union officials. When Cohn  asked that the antagonists of the script be changed to Communists,  Miller refused. Cohn sent Miller a letter telling him it was  interesting that he had resisted Columbias desire to make the movie  pro