Patterns

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.

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 83 mins

Release Date : 1956-03-27

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I reserve the right to break your jaw. Patterns centres around the fierce and dog eat dog world of an executive conglomerate company. Written by Rod Serling (he of The Twilight Zone fame) and based on his own play, it's a stunning picture that relies (and succeeds) on spiky dialogue and a trio ...

When "Staples" (Van Heflin) arrives at the "Ramsey" building to take up his new executive job, he meets his boss "Briggs" (Ed Begley) then the guy with his name on the door (Everett Sloane), and is welcomed with open arms. Pretty quickly, though, he realises that "Briggs" - who has recently return ...

Cast

Van Heflin

(Fred Staples)

Everett Sloane

(Walter Ramsey)

Ed Begley

(Bill Briggs)

Beatrice Straight

(Nancy Staples)

Elizabeth Wilson

(Marge Fleming)

Joanna Roos

(Margaret Lanier)

Valerie Cossart

(Martha Stevens)

Eleni Kiamos

(Sylvia Trammel)

Ronnie Welsh

(Paul Briggs)

Shirley Standlee

(Miss Hill)

Andrew Duggan

(Harvey Jameson)

Jack Livesey

(D.J. Vandeventer)

John Seymour

(Ed Gordon)

Sally Gracie

(Ann)

Sally Chamberlin

(Mrs. Jameson)

Edward Binns

(Elevator Starter)

James Kelly

(Jim Latham)

John Shelly

(Edgar Grannigan)

Victor Harrison

(Carl Portier)

Ethel Britton

(Woman (uncredited))

Michael Dreyfuss

(Billy (uncredited))

Elaine Kaye

(Second Secretary (uncredited))

Adrienne Moore

(First Secretary (uncredited))