Fresh
As the broadcasting tycoon, Fredric March is excellent, and the scenes between him and Peck lift the picture high above the ordinary.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
His loves...his world---both past and present---and the crisis they caused!
1956 · 2h 33m · APPROVED
Drama
Directed by
Nunnally Johnson
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The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Overview
Tom Rath is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria, which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes to work as a public relations man for television network president Ralph Hopkins. Drawn into poisonous office politics, Tom finds he must choose his career or his family.
Director and cast
- Nunnally Johnson Director
- Gregory Peck as Tom Rath
- Jennifer Jones as Betsy Rath
- Fredric March as Ralph Hopkins
- Marisa Pavan as Maria Montagne
- Lee J. Cobb as Judge Bernstein
- Ann Harding as Helen Hopkins
- Keenan Wynn as Sgt. Caesar Gardella
- Gene Lockhart as Bill Hawthorne
- Gigi Perreau as Susan Hopkins
- Portland Mason as Janey Rath
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A mature, fascinating and often quite tender and touching film.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
The film may seem mediocre now (it did back then), but it probably speaks volumes about the period, and Bernard Herrmann composed the score.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Relentlessly envelops every idea, obscures every issue in a smug smog of suburbinanity.
TIME Magazine
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