room clerk at Lew Wasserman (qv)s  talent agency Music Corp. of America in 1949, was sent to pick up  Broadway actor Marlon Brando (qv) and drive him to the agency.  Impressed by the young man, Brando promptly appointed Kantor his  agent. Kantor got Brando his first film role, that of the paraplegic  Army officer in this film, for $50,000 (approximately $400,000 in  2006 money).