Executive Suite

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Executive Suite

1954,

1h 44m,

Drama

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11 Reviews

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500+ Ratings

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11 Reviews

75%

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500+ Ratings

A ruthless expose of the machinations of big business. A power struggle ensues when the president of a large corporation dies. Avery Bullard, President of the Tredway Corporation, left no instructions as to who should take his place, and the board is having difficulties deciding who the job should go to, Loren Shaw, the corporate shark, or Don Walling, the genius engineer.

Milton Luban

The Hollywood Reporter

Apr 17, 2020

Here is a magnificent motion picture that meets the standard of greatness on almost every count. Running a fast 103 minutes, Executive Suite holds the viewer from the opening scene, building absorbingly to a smashing climax.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Jul 28, 2025

3/4

An all-star cast populates this entertaining drama that makes a skyscraper boardroom seem as filled with conflict, combat, and open wounds as any WWII battlefield.

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Peter Martin

EverythingButHorror.com

Jul 9, 2025

Something essential in the movie still speaks to me. Maybe you need to have worked in an office for years to understand its enduring appeal.

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Francois Truffaut

Arts (France)

May 6, 2022

Extremely skillful construction of the film thoroughly informs us about the characters in a minimum of scenes, without cutting up the action in sketches.

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Christopher Lloyd

The Film Yap

Sep 24, 2019

4/5

The rare Hollywood film that focuses entirely on a business setting, Executive Suite is both a typical drama of its day and an odd egg of a movie.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jan 29, 2012

B+

A slick, quintessential 1950s melodrama, about intrigues and leadership in the business world, well acted by an all-star cast: William Holden, Barabara Stanwyck, Fredric March, June Allyson.

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Draco R

Sep 24, 2017

Underrated. Great cast

Draco W

Jul 21, 2017

Of course the first thing that stands out to my memory is Robert Wise's revolutionary use of the POV shot through the eyes of Avery Bullard. At first I thought this might be a murder mystery surrounding his death since we never see what, or possibly who, killed him. But the later diagnosis doesn't suggest any foul play, though it's a question that remains in my mind throughout. Julia Tredway seems to act suspiciously, which leads my imagination back to this place, but her problem is mostly contemplating suicide.

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Robert Wise

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William Holden

McDonald Walling

June Allyson

Mary Blemond Walling

Barbara Stanwyck

Julia O. Tredway

Fredric March

Loren Phineas Shaw

Walter Pidgeon

Frederick Y. Alderson

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Synopsis

A ruthless expose of the machinations of big business. A power struggle ensues when the president of a large corporation dies. Avery Bullard, President of the Tredway Corporation, left no instructions as to who should take his place, and the board is having difficulties deciding who the job should go to, Loren Shaw, the corporate shark, or Don Walling, the genius engineer.

Director: Robert Wise
Producer: John Houseman
Screenwriter: Ernest Lehman
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 6, 1954, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 44m

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