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Patterns

Synopsis

"Patterns" was an American television play broadcast live on January 12, 1955, remade as a film the next year with some of the same cast. Fred Staples is the newest executive in a large firm. He strikes up a friendship with Andy Sloane, the Vice President to whom he nominally reports. Staples is good at his job and the company's hard-nosed president, Walter Ramsey, is pleased with his choice. Staples has a crisis of conscience when Ramsey tells him that he's been recruited to replace Sloane, someone who has devoted his entire life to the company at the expense of his family. Sloane knows what Ramsey is up to but digs in his heels and refuses to quit. Tragedy ensues forcing Staples to make a choice.

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Richard Kiley

Fred Staples

Everett Sloane

Mr. Ramsie

Ed Begley

Andy Sloane

Elizabeth Montgomery

Ann Evans

June Dayton

Fran Staples

Elizabeth Wilson

Marge Fleming

Joanna Roos

Miss Lanier

Jack Arthur

Starter

Joy Lafleur

Miss Stevens

Sybil Baker

Telephone Operator

Shirley Standlee

Miss Hill

Theodore Newton

Mr. Gordon

Jack Livesey

Mr. Jamieson

Ronnie Welsh

Paul Sloane

Ron Harper

Victor Harrison

Helen Ludlam

Joseph Macauley

Key Information & Fast Facts

Director: Fielder Cook
Screenplay & Story: Rod Serling
Original Title: Patterns
Spoken Languages: English
Runtime: 53m
Production Studios: J. Walter Thompson Agency, Kraft Foods

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Fielder Cook

Screenplay & Story

Rod Serling

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Rod Serling

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Fielder Cook

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