Patterns (1956)
"Ruthless Men And Ambitious Women...Clawing For Control Of A Billion Dollar Empire!!!"

Title: Patterns
Original Title: Patterns
Release Date: 1956-03-27
Status: Released
Rating: 7.2/10 (from 46 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: Jed Harris, Michael Myerberg, United Artists
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.
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