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Directed by Fielder Cook
Newly hired to a corporate position, Fred Staples (Heflin) is horrified to find he’s part of his boss’s plot to sideline and destroy an honorable but ineffectual co-worker. Weighing decency and ambition, Fred tries to walk a humane line, but learns some surprising lessons about being part of a machine. Among the most gripping and incisive workplace dramas, the film puts Serling’s characteristically verbal dramaturgy on brilliant display.
United Artists Corp. Producer: Michael Myerberg, Jed Harris. Screenwriter: Rod Serling. Cinematographer: Boris Kaufman. Editor: David Kummins, Carl Lerner. Cast: Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, Ed Begley, Beatrice Straight, Elizabeth Wilson.
35mm, b/w, 83 min.
