La sete del potere

Titolo originale: Executive Suite
Regia: Robert Wise |
Anno: 1954
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma
Tag: big business | vice president |
Cast: William Holden | June Allyson | Barbara Stanwyck | Fredric March | Walter Pidgeon | Shelley Winters | Paul Douglas | Louis Calhern | Dean Jagger | Nina Foch | Tim Considine | William Phipps | Lucy Knoch | Edgar Stehli | Mary Adams | Virginia Brissac | Harry Shannon | Maidie Norman | Raoul Freeman | Leon Alton | Walter Bacon | John Banner | Margaret Bert | Nesdon Booth | Hugh Boswell | Willis Bouchey | Helen Brown | Paul Bryar | Hamilton Camp | Robert Carson | Phil Chambers | Gene Coogan | Jonathan Cott | Lucille Curtis | Bert Davidson | George DeNormand | Helen Dickson | Abe Dinovitch | John Doucette | Mimi Doyle | Darren Dublin | Virginia Eiler | Roy Engel | Tom Ferrandini | Bess Flowers | Jack Gargan | Faith Geer | A. Cameron Grant | Robert Haines | John Hedloe | Mary Alan Hokanson | Jimmie Horan | Chet Huntley | Mike Lally | Richard LaMarr | Richard Landry | Leota Lorraine | Kay Mansfield | Harry Mayo | May McAvoy | Tom McDonough | John McKee | David McMahon | Esther Michelson | Ralph Montgomery | Matt Moore | Burt Mustin | Kasia Orzazewski | Dan Riss | Carl Saxe | Jeffrey Sayre | Gus Schilling | Jerry Sheldon | George Sherwood | Bert Stevens | Arthur Tovey | Ann Tyrrell | Dorothy Vernon | Charles Wagenheim | Wilson Wood |

Alla morte del presidente di un'importante industria, cinque funzionari si contendono il suo posto; il favorito è uno speculatore che pensa solo al guadagno. La sua elezione sembra cosa fatta quando gli si oppone un collega, favorevole al miglioramento del prodotto. Il suo programma è approvato e diventa presidente

Errori

When Bullard collapses, and the camera serving as his point of view moves first up, then down to sim [...] D
When the elevator doors, seen from Bullard's point of view, open at the lobby of the office building [...] D
Near the beginning, there is a scene in a city street when the entire crew, camera, and boom are ref [...] D
Mic shadow on curtain of Shaw's office when Shaw is trying to persuade Caswell to vote for him as co [...] D
When Bullard steps into the elevator and turns around to face the door, the point-of-view camera abr [...] D
Avery Bullard is scheduled to take "The 5:29" from New York City to arrive in Millburgh, Pennsylvani [...] D
When Dudley pulls off in the taxi at the airport, the camera pans to Shaw watching him in the car. T [...] D
When Don tries to delay the start of the meeting, Shaw states that five members are sufficient for a [...] D
When Fred Alderson and Don Walling are standing by a fence at the United Airlines gate at the airpor [...] D
As noted, before the vote,Erica had set out only six sets of pads, plus one pencil each, for the sev [...] D
In setting up for the directors' vote, Erica places six sets of pads and pencils around the table. T [...] D
Bullard's arms are depicted much too far apart for normal when he's in the Western Union office (the [...] D
When Caswell is shown looking out the office window after placing his order to sell Treadway stock s [...] D
When Alderson walks over to meet Dudley as he's coming off the plane, the long shot shows Dudley wal [...] D
In the scene in the newspaper office, the clock on the wall reads 9:45. Later that evening, in Eva's [...] D
On another quorum matter, after the break following the first vote, Don briefly leaves the meeting r [...] D
When Don stops the car in the middle of the street and gets out to walk home, all the cars previousl [...] D
Although the film takes place on June 19-20, 1953, when Don and Mary Walling are driving home from t [...] D
While the board members are waiting for Bullard's arrival, Jesse Grimm says all he's thinking of is [...] D
When Bullard takes the elevator down to the lobby, the doors open and a woman with packages is just [...] D
When Bullard steps out onto the street he turns to the right and calls "Taxi," even though there is [...] D