Executive Suite

US (1954): Drama

Avery Bullard, President of the Tredway Corporation has died. But he never named a clear successor, so the Board members must choose a replacement. The most likely is Loren Shaw (Fredric March), a skilled businessman, but some of the others don't like his calculating ways. To stop him, they'll have to find someone else they can back. Will it be the engineer Don Walling (William Holden)? That will take convincing; they don't trust his youth and idealism. And he isn't even sure he wants the job, he might be happier creating rather than politicking.

Robert Wise directs this great example of mature storytelling and the judicious use of an all-star cast (assembled by producer John Houseman) that includes June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Pidgeon, Shelley Winters, Paul Douglas, Louis Calhern, Dean Jagger, Nina Foch and Tim Considine. (MGM) (Ken Yousten, IMDb)

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4 nominations