Patterns - BLU-RAY

This incisive social drama boasts a screenplay by Rod Serling that was previously produced as a 1955 episode of InchKraft Television TheatreInch with much of the same cast. Fred Staples (Van Heflin) is a young and ambitious industrial engineer who finds his ethics put to the test when his ruthless boss (Everett Sloane) taps him to replace an aging executive (Ed Begley). Beatrice Straight, Elizabeth Wilson also star. 83 min. Standard; Soundtrack English.

Rod Serling (The Twilight Zone) wrote this fascinating take on corporate greed and conglomeration starring Van Heflin and Everett Sloane. Features exclusive introduction from New York Post Chief Film Critic Lou Lumenick!

Rod Serling's tale of ruthless men and ambitious women clawing for control of a billion dollar empire first aired in Jan 1955 on Kraft Television Theater. The hard-hitting teleplay was such a success, earning Serling instant acclaim and the first of his six Emmy awards, that producers Jed Harris and Michael Myerberg helmed a big screen feature with the same director (Fielder Cook) and most of the same cast for United Artists. The result was an acid-etched chronicle of the cutthroat corporate world starring Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, and Ed Begley, with cinematography by Oscar winner Boris Kaufman (On The Waterfront, 12 Angry Men). This is boardroom bloodletting, the American way!