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1hr 23min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1956
Director:
Fielder Cook
Distributor:
Roan Archival Group
Starring:
Van Heflin, Richard Kiley, Ed Begley, Sr.  ...more
Synopsis: Rod Serling's incisive "gray flannel suit" TV drama created such a sensation when Kraft Television Theatre first aired it live on January 11, 1955 that, in an unprecedented move, it was repeated four weeks later, on February 9, again live. Richard Kiley starred as Fred Staples, a bright young man from Cincinnati brought into the executive pool at a top New York firm by ruthless CEO Ramsey (Everett Sloane). Staples doesn't know it at first, but he was recruited as the potential replacement for Andy ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
The film version of the television play that garnered writer Rod Serling his initial acclaim, it's a forceful drama of office politics with a somewhat ambiguous ending. Although Serling's portrait of Machiavellian behavior in corporate suites can hardly have the impact it did in the '50s, when the uglier aspects of capitalism rarely made an appearance in popular media, his insights into the painful ... Full Review
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Van Heflin
Fred Staples
Richard Kiley
Fred Staples
Ed Begley, Sr.
Andy Sloane, William Briggs
Everett Sloane
Walter Ramsey
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