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17 September 1954 (France)
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Behind the lighted tower windows the conflict of love and power is reckless and daring!
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Avery Bullard, President of the Tredway Corporation has died. But he never named a clear successor, so the Board members must choose a replacement...
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Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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5 nominations
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(6 articles)
Win It! St. Regis Getaway
(From Extra. 5 November 2009, 1:27 PM, PST)
Nina Foch Tribute
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(From Extra. 5 November 2009, 1:27 PM, PST)
Nina Foch Tribute
(From Alternative Film Guide. 8 April 2009, 12:19 PM, PDT)
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Not as '50s as it looks
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | William Holden | ... | McDonald Walling |
 | June Allyson | ... | Mary Blemond Walling |
 | Barbara Stanwyck | ... | Julia O. Tredway |
 | Fredric March | ... | Loren Phineas Shaw |
 | Walter Pidgeon | ... | Frederick W. Alderson |
 | Shelley Winters | ... | Eva Bardeman |
| Paul Douglas | ... | Josiah Walter Dudley |
| Louis Calhern | ... | George Nyle Caswell |
| Dean Jagger | ... | Jesse Q. Grimm |
 | Nina Foch | ... | Erica Martin |
| Tim Considine | ... | Mike Walling |
| William Phipps | ... | Bill Lundeen |
| Lucy Knoch | ... | Mrs. George Nyle Caswell |
| Edgar Stehli | ... | Julius Steigel |
| Mary Adams | ... | Sara Asenath Grimm |
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104 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Producer John Houseman wanted Henry Fonda for the role of McDonald Walling. Fonda turned him down to star in a Broadway musical that never reached the stage.
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Continuity: When Alderson walks over to meet Dudley as he's coming off the plane, the long shot shows Dudley walking amid a group of people, including a stewardess. A moment later, when Alderson reaches Dudley in close-up, all the surrounding people have vanished.
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[pre-opening-credits sequence; views of skyscrapers]
Narrator: It is always up there, close to the clouds, on the topmost floors of the sky-reaching towers of big business. And because it is high in the sky, you may think that those who work there are somehow above and beyond the tensions and temptations of the lower floors. This is to say that it isn't so.
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[pre-opening-credits sequence; views of skyscrapers]
Narrator: It is always up there, close to the clouds, on the topmost floors of the sky-reaching towers of big business. And because it is high in the sky, you may think that those who work there are somehow above and beyond the tensions and temptations of the lower floors. This is to say that it isn't so.
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References Singin' in the Rain (1952)
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For all the MGM-ness of it -- the all-star roster of contract players and freelancers, the classy production values, Louis Calhern doing his reliable devilish-rogue act -- it has touches that one associates with neither the plush studio nor the time period. It's pretty frank about high-powered execs and their mistresses, for one, and the handheld camera of the opening sequence (through unfakeable Wall Street locations, yet) and lack of background music are more typical of independent movies of a few years later. Contrast it with "Woman's World" from the same year, which is also a corporate-power-struggle yarn (and also has June Allyson as a devoted, gauche corporate wifey), but is fake from the get-go. This one is dated in Holden's we're-all-in-this-together speechifying, not to mention the one-company factory town, and Stanwyck's histrionics are a bit over the top. (Hey, I love her too; her unchecked hysterics have to be Robert Wise's fault.) But the dialogue is terser than one generally associates with Ernest Lehman, the shady stock maneuvers are unfortunately as relevant as ever, and the juicy melodramatics still pack a punch. In fact, as corporate drama goes, it's as entertaining as all getout. Fredric March is a standout in a high-powered cast, and Shelley Winters, for once, underplays.