The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
“His loves...his world---both past and present---and the crisis they caused!”
Drama
Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes to work as a public relations man for television network president Ralph Hopkins. Drawn into poisonous office politics, Tom finds he must choose his career or his family.
VIBE
A quiet, introspective drama about the soul-crushing pressures of post-war conformity and the moral compromises demanded by the American Dream. It feels like a slow, uneasy descent into the anxieties of modern life.
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