 
  Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Robert Wise | 
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| Writer: | Cameron Hawley, Ernest Lehman | 
| Staring: | 
| When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 30, 1954 | 
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| Director: | Robert Wise | 
| Writer: | Cameron Hawley, Ernest Lehman | 
| Genres: | Drama | 
| Keywords | big business, vice president | 
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| 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) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist | 
| Robert Wise | Director | 
| Mentor Huebner | Production Illustrator | 
| Edward C. Carfagno | Art Direction | 
| George Rhein | Assistant Director | 
| Al Shenberg | Unit Manager | 
| Emile Kuri | Set Decoration | 
| Conrad Kahn | Sound | 
| Warren Newcombe | Special Effects | 
| Cameron Hawley | Novel | 
| Ernest Lehman | Screenplay | 
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction | 
| Helen Rose | Costume Designer | 
| Ralph E. Winters | Editor | 
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration | 
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision | 
| A. Arnold Gillespie | Special Effects | 
| William Tuttle | Makeup Artist | 
| George J. Folsey | Director of Photography | 
| Name | Title | 
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| Jud Kinberg | Associate Producer | 
| John Houseman | Producer | 
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 
| 2024 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 
| 2024 | 6 | 12 | 29 | 5 | 
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| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 
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| Year | Month | High | Avg | 
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| 2025 | 7 | 622 | 755 |