Staples, a successful plant operator, is brought in from Ohio to take an executive position at Ramsey & Co. in New York. He forms a friendship with Briggs, the long-time vice president, but it soon becomes apparent that Walter Ramsey, who has inherited the position of CEO, is grooming Staples to replace Briggs. Ramsey will not fire Briggs, instead doing everything he can to humiliate and sabotage Briggs until he resigns.
Van Heflin
as Fred Staples
Everett Sloane
as Walter Ramsey
Ed Begley
as Bill Briggs
Beatrice Straight
as Nancy Staples
Elizabeth Wilson
as Marge Fleming
Joanna Roos
as Margaret Lanier
Valerie Cossart
as Martha Stevens
Eleni Kiamos
as Sylvia Trammel
Ronnie Welsh
as Paul Briggs
Shirley Standlee
as Miss Hill
Andrew Duggan
as Harvey Jameson
Jack Livesey
as D.J. Vandeventer
