Patterns (1956) on Netflix
Walter Ramsey brings engineer Fred Staples from Ohio to a senior post at his Manhattan corporation. Fred is meant to take the place of Bill Briggs, the aging vice-president Ramsey wants out.
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- Netflix4.0/5
- IMDb7.7/104,293 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes83%
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Plot summary
Fred Staples, an industrial engineer from Ohio, is recruited by Walter Ramsey to a senior position at Ramsey and Company's headquarters in New York City, the corporation Ramsey inherited from his father. Fred arrives with his wife, Nancy, unaware that Ramsey intends him for the post held by Bill Briggs, the sixty-two-year-old vice-president who has spent forty years with the firm and worked for Ramsey's father, and who has just returned after another bout of chronic illness. Ramsey, known for running the company ruthlessly, will not fire Briggs; he works instead to humiliate him into resigning. Fred likes Briggs, but Nancy urges him to follow his ambition for the position.
Cast
- Joanna Roosas Margaret Lanier
- Valerie Cossartas Martha Stevens
- Eleni Kiamosas Sylvia Trammel
- Ronnie Welshas Paul Briggs
- Shirley Standleeas Miss Hill
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Patterns (1956)
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- Richard Kiley played the lead role of Fred Staples in the 1955 Kraft Television Theatre version of Rod Serling's teleplay, but was replaced by Van Heflin for the 1956 film; Everett Sloane, Ed Begley and Elizabeth Wilson appeared in both versions.
- Rod Serling's teleplay, aired live on Kraft Television Theatre in January 1955, was so well received that it was repeated four weeks later, a practice not done during that period.
