analysis of a young  criminal. Producer Jerry Wald (I) (qv) intended to make a film of  the work and commissioned several scripts, including one by  Dr. Seuss (qv) (Theodore Geisel), and Marlon Brando (qv) was set  to star at one point, but the project was eventually shelved. When  the studio bought Nicholas Ray (q)s treatment "The Blind Run" it  asked him to use the title of Lindners work, but the film doesnt  include anything else from the book.