Patterns
"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.
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Richard Kiley
Fred Staples
Known for
The Thorn Birds
Phenomenon
Victoria Ward
Miss Stevens
Everett Sloane
Mr. Ramsie
Known for
Citizen Kane
The Lady from Shanghai
Ed Begley
Andy Sloane
Known for
12 Angry Men
Hang 'em High
Elizabeth Montgomery
Ann Evans
Known for
Bewitched
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
June Dayton
Fran Staples
Known for
Captain America
Elizabeth Wilson
Marge Fleming
Known for
The Addams Family
The Graduate
Joanna Roos
Miss Lanier
Known for
Splendor in the Grass
Patterns
Jack Arthur
Starter
Joy Lafleur
Miss Stevens
Also in
Whispering City
Sins of the Fathers
Sybil Baker
Telephone Operator
No other roles listed
Shirley Standlee
Miss Hill
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Patterns
Fielder Cook Director · Rod Serling Writer
United States release January 12, 1955 · Produced in United States · Production Kraft Foods
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J. Walter Thompson Agency
Production
Kraft Foods
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United States
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Original language
English
Release dates
United States · January 12, 1955
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