The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
His loves...his world---both past and present---and the crisis they caused!
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 2H 33M
Director : Nunnally Johnson
Writer : Nunnally Johnson
Synopsis
Tom Rath (Gregory Peck) is a suburban father and husband haunted by his memories of World War II, including a wartime romance with Italian village girl Maria (Marisa Pavan), which resulted in an illegitimate son he's never seen. Pressed by his unhappy wife (Jennifer Jones) to get a higher-paying job, Rath goes to work as a public relations man for television network president Ralph Hopkins (Fredric March). Drawn into poisonous office politics, Tom finds he must choose his career or his family.
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