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Executive Suite (1954) | User Rating
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Running Time
1 hour, 44 minutes
Country USA
Studio MGM
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Other Titles
• Executive Suite
• Die Intriganten (1954)
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Genre: Drama, Suspense
Plot: Based on the novel by Cameron Hawley, EXECUTIVE SUITE is one of the first films to deal with the corporate rat race and all its power business and politics. After the sudden death of its president, a giant furniture company's board members battle for control. Surveying the candidates for the executive position is Julia Tredway (Barbara Stanwyck), the daughter of the firm’s founder, the mistress of the recently deceased company president, and the company’s chief stockholder. The candidates are competitive, particularly Loren Shaw (Fredric March), who is so ruthless in his quest to reach the top that he begins to blackmail Josiah Dudley (Paul Douglas) and George Caswell (Louis Calhern) into supporting him. Perhaps the only candidate not actively campaigning is the more honorable McDonald Walling, who simply wants to live a good home life with his wife and child. The drama of EXECUTIVE SUITE unfolds with witty, provocative dialogue and brilliant cinematic intercutting among the many characters, which gives the film action even within the confines of its corporate-office setting. The film has no music score, only the sounds found in the business world--such as the Wall Street clock chimes. Nominated for several Academy Awards, this tightly directed, riveting, and amusing film is
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| Directed by |
Robert Wise
The Sound of Music, West Side Story, The Day the Earth Stood Still |
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| Written by |
| Ernest Lehman
North by Northwest, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Family Plot |
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| Cast |
William Holden
The Bridge on the River Kwai, Sunset Blvd., The Wild Bunch |
 | June Allyson
The Glenn Miller Story, That's Entertainment!, The Three Musketeers |
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 | Walter Pidgeon
Forbidden Planet, How Green Was My Valley, Mrs. Miniver |
 | Fredric March
The Best Years of Our Lives, Inherit the Wind, Seven Days in May | | Paul Douglas
A Letter to Three Wives, Clash by Night, Panic in the Streets | |
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