La Tour des ambitieux (1954)
Executive Suite
Réalisateur : Robert Wise
Scénaristes : Ernest Lehman, Cameron Hawley
Genre : Drame
104 minutes
Status : Released
Langue : English
Pays : United States of America
Sociétés de production : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated
Synopsis
Avery Bullard, président de la fabrique de meubles Tredway, vient de mourir d’une crise cardiaque. N’ayant pas nommé de successeur, le conseil d’administration doit voter pour son remplacement. Aussitôt une lutte sans merci pour la conquête du poste va se dérouler entre les sous-directeurs. Loren Phineas Shaw, le favori, est plus préoccupé par la rentabilité de l’entreprise que par sa qualité. Il veut le pouvoir, quitte à employer le chantage. Julia Tredway, veuve du fondateur et actionnaire principale, trop affectée par la mort de Bullard dont elle était amoureuse a tout de suite promis son soutien à Shaw. Frederick Alderson, le vice-président, est un homme intègre mais il se sent dépassé par la situation et ne compte pas briguer le poste. Il fonde ses espoirs sur McDonald Walling, jeune ingénieur idéaliste, qui hésite encore à se présenter...
- William Holden - McDonald Walling
- June Allyson - Mary Blemond Walling
- Barbara Stanwyck - Julia O. Tredway
- Fredric March - Loren Phineas Shaw
- Walter Pidgeon - Frederick Y. Alderson
- Shelley Winters - Eva Bardeman
- Paul Douglas - Josiah Walter Dudley
- Louis Calhern - George Nyle Caswell
- Dean Jagger - Jesse Q. Grimm
- Nina Foch - Erica Martin
- Tim Considine - Mike Walling
- William Phipps - Bill Lundeen
- Lucy Knoch - Mrs. George Nyle Caswell
- Edgar Stehli - Julius Steigel
- Mary Adams - Sara Asenath Grimm
- Virginia Brissac - Edith Alderson
- Harry Shannon - Ed Benedeck
- Maidie Norman - Housekeeper
- Raoul Freeman - Avery Bullard (uncredited)
- Leon Alton - Bartender (uncredited)
- Walter Bacon - Worker (uncredited)
- John Banner - Henri - Stork Club Maître D' (uncredited)
- Margaret Bert - Grimm's Secretary (uncredited)
- Nesdon Booth - Guest (uncredited)
- Hugh Boswell - Guest (uncredited)
- Willis Bouchey - Detective (uncredited)
- Helen Brown - Miss Clark (uncredited)
- Paul Bryar - Stork Club Waiter (uncredited)
- Hamilton Camp - Mailroom Boy (uncredited)
- Robert Carson - Lee Ormand (uncredited)
- Phil Chambers - Toll Booth Attendant (uncredited)
- Gene Coogan - Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Jonathan Cott - Officer Canady (uncredited)
- Lucille Curtis - Maid (uncredited)
- Bert Davidson - Salesman (uncredited)
- George DeNormand - Newspaper Worker (uncredited)
- Helen Dickson - Guest (uncredited)
- Abe Dinovitch - Cab Driver (uncredited)
- John Doucette - Detective (uncredited)
- Mimi Doyle - Stork Club Telephone Operator (uncredited)
- Darren Dublin - Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Virginia Eiler - Western Union Operator (uncredited)
- Roy Engel - Jimmy Farrell (uncredited)
- Tom Ferrandini - Bar Patron (uncredited)
- Bess Flowers - Woman at Bar (uncredited)
- Jack Gargan - Little League Baseball Fan (uncredited)
- Faith Geer - Stork Club Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
- A. Cameron Grant - Salesman (uncredited)
- Robert Haines - Businessman (uncredited)
- John Hedloe - Reporter (uncredited)
- Mary Alan Hokanson - Nurse (uncredited)
- Jimmie Horan - Sidewalk Passerby (uncredited)
- Chet Huntley - Narrator / Voice of Tredway (voice) (uncredited)
- Mike Lally - Spectator at Game (uncredited)
- Richard LaMarr - Worker (uncredited)
- Richard Landry - Worker (uncredited)
- Leota Lorraine - Businesswoman (uncredited)
- Kay Mansfield - Alderson's Secretary (uncredited)
- Harry Mayo - Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
- May McAvoy - Grimm's Secretary (uncredited)
- Tom McDonough - Factory Worker (uncredited)
- John McKee - Umpire (uncredited)
- David McMahon - Reporter (uncredited)
- Esther Michelson - Candy Store Lady (uncredited)
- Ralph Montgomery - Reporter (uncredited)
- Matt Moore - Servant (uncredited)
- Burt Mustin - Sam Teal (uncredited)
- Kasia Orzazewski - Liz (uncredited)
- Dan Riss - City Editor (uncredited)
- Carl Saxe - Worker (uncredited)
- Jeffrey Sayre - Little League Baseball Fan (uncredited)
- Gus Schilling - Newsstand Vendor (uncredited)
- Jerry Sheldon - Secondary Role (uncredited)
- George Sherwood - Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Bert Stevens - Factory Worker (uncredited)
- Arthur Tovey - Laboratory Worker (uncredited)
- Ann Tyrrell - Miss Nordley (uncredited)
- Dorothy Vernon - Worker (uncredited)
- Charles Wagenheim - Luigi Cassoni (uncredited)
- Wilson Wood - Airport Clerk (uncredited)
