Marilyn Monroe posed as Kazan's personal assistant by way of a practical joke. Kazan and Miller traveled to Los Angeles to pitch the screenplay to Harry Cohn, the notoriously controlling head of production at Columbia Pictures. Set in the Red Hook district of Brooklyn, The Hook is the story of Marty Ferrara, a longshoreman who is "ready to lay down his life, if need be, to secure one thing – his sense of personal dignity." History Panto was discovered dead in a pit outside New York eighteen months after his disappearance. The screenplay was inspired by the true story of Pete Panto, a young dockworker who stood up against the corrupt Mafia-connected union leadership. It was written in 1947 and was intended to be produced by Columbia Pictures Studio, Hollywood, and to be directed by Elia Kazan. The Hook is an unproduced screenplay by American playwright, Arthur Miller. Marty Ferarra, Therese Ferrara, Irene Ferrara, Mama, Barney, Rocky
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