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Patterns

Ruthless Men And Ambitious Women... Clawing For Control Of A Billion Dollar Empire!!!

7.2(59)19561h 23m2

To eliminate internal opposition, a cruel CEO sabotages and humiliates a good-natured executive in an effort to force his resignation — and make the reticent new hire his new yes man.

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Released
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Language
English
  • new york city
  • ambition
  • big business

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Director

Fielder Cook

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical27 Mar 1956
    • PhysicalThe Golden Age of Television - Criterion Collection24 Nov 2009

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Patterns was released on 27 March 1956.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    1/22/2020

    9/10

    I reserve the right to break your jaw. Patterns centres around the fierce and dog eat dog world of an executive conglomerate company. Written by Rod Serling (he of The Twilight Zone fame) and based on his own play, it's a stunning picture that relies (and succeeds) on spiky dialogue and a trio of superlative acting performances. Not containing any music at all and filmed primarily within the confines of an interi…

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    CinemaSerf

    5/7/2024

    7/10

    When "Staples" (Van Heflin) arrives at the "Ramsey" building to take up his new executive job, he meets his boss "Briggs" (Ed Begley) then the guy with his name on the door (Everett Sloane), and is welcomed with open arms. Pretty quickly, though, he realises that "Briggs" - who has recently return from illness is in the firing line - and that he is to be the principal weapon used to replace him. The problem here is t…

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