Patterns

Patterns

1956 · 83 min · EN · 7.2 (40 votes)
Dir. Fielder Cook · Starring Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley, Beatrice Straight, Elizabeth Wilson, Joanna Roos

Ruthless Men And Ambitious Women...Clawing For Control Of A Billion Dollar Empire!!!

Drama

Staples, a successful plant operator, is brought in from Ohio to take an executive position at Ramsey & Co. in New York. He forms a friendship with Briggs, the long-time vice president, but it soon becomes apparent that Walter Ramsey, who has inherited the position of CEO, is grooming Staples to replace Briggs. Ramsey will not fire Briggs, instead doing everything he can to humiliate and sabotage Briggs until he resigns.

VIBE

A chillingly precise look at corporate maneuvering. It feels like watching a chess game where the pieces are people, and the stakes are careers and reputations. The tension simmers beneath a veneer of professional courtesy.

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