"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.
Directed by Fielder Cook
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Cast
Richard Kiley
Fred Staples
Everett Sloane
Mr. Ramsie
Ed Begley
Andy Sloane
Elizabeth Montgomery
Ann Evans
June Dayton
Fran Staples
Elizabeth Wilson
Marge Fleming
Theodore Newton
Mr. Gordon
Jack Livesey
Mr. Jamieson
Ron Harper
Crew
Fielder Cook
Director
Rod Serling
Writer
Popular Reviews
3 reviews
Timothy Kandra
Wasn’t too engaged with this. Everett Sloane’s final scene was the standout.
Wasn’t too engaged with this. Everett Sloane’s final scene was the standout.