 To prepare him for filming, director John Herzfeld (qv) told  Oleg Taktarov (qv) to watch _On the Waterfront (1954)_ (qv),  _Spartacus (1960)_ (qv), _East of Eden (1955)_ (qv),  _Third Man, The (1949)_ (qv) and _Moby Dick (1956)_ (qv).