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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
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8 May 1956 (USA)
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The year's most dramatic book...the year's most distinguished picture! more
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An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well. full summary | add synopsis
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Fifties on parade in Gregory Peck corporate melodrama
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gregory Peck | ... | Tom Rath |
 | Jennifer Jones | ... | Betsy Rath |
 | Fredric March | ... | Ralph Hopkins |
| Marisa Pavan | ... | Maria Montagne |
 | Lee J. Cobb | ... | Judge Bernstein |
| Ann Harding | ... | Helen Hopkins |
| Keenan Wynn | ... | Sgt. Caesar Gardella |
 | Gene Lockhart | ... | Bill Hawthorne |
| Gigi Perreau | ... | Susan Hopkins |
| Portland Mason | ... | Janey Rath |
| Arthur O'Connell | ... | Gordon Walker |
| Henry Daniell | ... | Bill Ogden |
| Connie Gilchrist | ... | Mrs. Manter |
| Joseph Sweeney | ... | Edward M. Schultz |
| Sandy Descher | ... | Barbara Rath |
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153 min
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2.55 : 1 more
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4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
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Average Shot Length (ASL) = 16 seconds
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Revealing mistakes: Near the end of the movie, when Betsy's at the police station, Tom asks Betsy over the phone if there are any charges against her. The policeman answers, "Just bring the license" before Betsy can ask him if there are any charges.
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Judge Bernstein:
[referring to a man who is trying to cheat Tom Rath out of his home] If you're going to be slick, be slick in the city. They're not as smart there.
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Referenced in "Cheers: The Sam in the Grey Flannel Suit (#6.20)" (1988)
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Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech
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Now I now why everyone had to move to the suburbs in the 1950's. Everyone was looking for Lee J. Cobb, who plays the benificent judge who keeps hauling Gregory Peck's derriere out of the fire. Peck is just your average war hero now slogging through corporate trenches who runs into a problem or two but the suburb-based judge is there to bail him out.
Fredric March is the business tycoon who's sacrificed his family for the company, a TV network, wouldn't you know? Spend a lot of time with your family, March advises Peck. I would but they keep watching TV, our star suggests. Then smash that TV, March declares, undoubtedly echoing the view of movie studios of that period who could see the handwriting on the wall.
But a more telling vision of what was to come is shown when Peck sends the children to bed but lingers to watch the cowboy movie that entranced the kids. Instead of leaving, Peck sits down in front of the set as the scene fades.
As any kind of insight into corporate light, this film moves far too stiffly to be critical but there's a soap opera feel to the goings-on that is somewhat captivating.