Patterns Summary
Director: Fielder Cook
Genres: Drama
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Rod_Serling's incisive "gray flannel suit" TV drama created such a sensation when Kraft_Television_Theatre first aired it live on January 11, 1955 that, in an unprecedented move, it was repeated four weeks later, on February 9, again live. Richard_Kiley starred as Fred Staples, a bright young man from Cincinnati brought into the executive pool at a top New York firm by ruthless CEO Ramsey (Everett_Sloane). Staples doesn't know it at first, but he was recruited as the potential replacement for Andy Sloane (Ed_Begley), an ailing exec whom Ramsey is easing out in a most unsubtle fashion. Staples takes a liking to Sloane and despises Ramsey's tactics; the question is: does he despise them enough to throw away the biggest opportunity in his life? Director Fielder_Cook, who helmed both TV versions of Patterns, also did the same for the 1956 film version. While Everett_Sloane and Ed_Begley were carried over from TV, the more "bankable" Van_Heflin replaced Kiley as Staples. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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