When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.
Genres:
William Holden as McDonald Walling
June Allyson as Mary Blemond Walling
Barbara Stanwyck as Julia O. Tredway
Fredric March as Loren Phineas Shaw
Walter Pidgeon as Frederick Y. Alderson
Shelley Winters as Eva Bardeman
Paul Douglas as Josiah Walter Dudley
Louis Calhern as George Nyle Caswell
Dean Jagger as Jesse Q. Grimm
Nina Foch as Erica Martin
Tim Considine as Mike Walling
William Phipps as Bill Lundeen
Lucy Knoch as Mrs. George Nyle Caswell
Edgar Stehli as Julius Steigel
Mary Adams as Sara Asenath Grimm
Virginia Brissac as Edith Alderson
Harry Shannon as Ed Benedeck
Maidie Norman as Housekeeper (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman as Avery Bullard (uncredited)
Leon Alton as Bartender (uncredited)
Walter Bacon as Worker (uncredited)
John Banner as Henri - Stork Club Maître D' (uncredited)
Margaret Bert as Grimm's Secretary (uncredited)
Nesdon Booth as Guest (uncredited)
Hugh Boswell as Guest (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey as Detective (uncredited)
Helen Brown as Miss Clark (uncredited)
Paul Bryar as Stork Club Waiter (uncredited)
Hamilton Camp as Mailroom Boy (uncredited)
Robert Carson as Lee Ormand (uncredited)
Phil Chambers as Toll Booth Attendant (uncredited)
Gene Coogan as Secondary Role (uncredited)
Jonathan Cott as Officer Canady (uncredited)
Lucille Curtis as Maid (uncredited)
Bert Davidson as Salesman (uncredited)
George DeNormand as Newspaper Worker (uncredited)
Helen Dickson as Guest (uncredited)
Abe Dinovitch as Cab Driver (uncredited)
John Doucette as Detective (uncredited)
Mimi Doyle as Stork Club Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Darren Dublin as Secondary Role (uncredited)
Virginia Eiler as Western Union Operator (uncredited)
Roy Engel as Jimmy Farrell (uncredited)
Tom Ferrandini as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Bess Flowers as Woman at Bar (uncredited)
Jack Gargan as Little League Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Faith Geer as Stork Club Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant as Salesman (uncredited)
Robert Haines as Businessman (uncredited)
John Hedloe as Reporter (uncredited)
Mary Alan Hokanson as Nurse (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan as Sidewalk Passerby (uncredited)
Chet Huntley as Narrator / Voice of Tredway (voice) (uncredited)
Mike Lally as Spectator at Game (uncredited)
Richard LaMarr as Worker (uncredited)
Richard Landry as Worker (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine as Businesswoman (uncredited)
Kay Mansfield as Alderson's Secretary (uncredited)
Harry Mayo as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
May McAvoy as Grimm's Secretary (uncredited)
Tom McDonough as Factory Worker (uncredited)
John McKee as Umpire (uncredited)
David McMahon as Reporter (uncredited)
Esther Michelson as Candy Store Lady (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery as Reporter (uncredited)
Matt Moore as Servant (uncredited)
Burt Mustin as Sam Teal (uncredited)
Kasia Orzazewski as Liz (uncredited)
Dan Riss as City Editor (uncredited)
Carl Saxe as Worker (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre as Little League Baseball Fan (uncredited)
Gus Schilling as Newsstand Vendor (uncredited)
Jerry Sheldon as Secondary Role (uncredited)
George Sherwood as Secondary Role (uncredited)
Bert Stevens as Factory Worker (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey as Laboratory Worker (uncredited)
Ann Tyrrell as Miss Nordley (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon as Worker (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim as Luigi Cassoni (uncredited)
Wilson Wood as Airport Clerk (uncredited)
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