Hot Blood (1956)

Stephano Torino: Watch it Marco or you'll be burned.
Marco Torino: Not to be burned is not to live.

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Annie Caldash: Don't look like you've been sentenced to death, Stephano.
Stephano Torino: Yeah, I only got life.
Annie Caldash: Your cell will be padded.

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Ray had wanted producer Gabriel Pascal to play "Marco Torino," the King of the Gypsies, but Pascal died before the film was made. According to modern sources, Ray also considered Edward G. Robinson for the role, which eventually was portrayed by Luther Adler, a veteran of the Group Theater.
Modern sources also add that choreographer Matt Mattox substituted for Cornel Wilde during the dances.
The story is based on research that Nicholas Ray's ex-wife Jean Evans had compiled.
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