Product Review

1956-black and white-Rod Serling of The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery fame wrote this brilliant drama about the pressures within the executive branch of a major New York industrial company. Everett Sloane plays cold, ruthless company head Walter Ramsey, who hires Fred Staples, played by Van Heflin. Fred Staples initially starts under the supervision of long time number-2-man, William Briggs, played by Ed Begley. However, unknown to both is Mr. Ramsey's ultimate goal of forcing out Briggs and replacing him with Staples. This slowly becomes all too clear however as Mr. Ramsey showers Fred Staples with praise while simultaneously browbeating poor Mr. Briggs. Things come to a dramatic head at an important boardroom meeting.