The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is a 1956 American drama film starring Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones, with Fredric March, Lee J. Cobb, Keenan Wynn and Marisa Pavan in support. Based on the 1955 novel by Sloan Wilson, it was written and directed by Nunnally Johnson, and focuses on Tom Rath, a young World War II veteran trying to balance the pressures of his marriage to an ambitious wife and growing family with the demands of a career while dealing with ongoing after-effects of his war service and a new high-stress job.
Plot
Ten years after the end of World War II Tom Rath (Gregory Peck) is living in suburban Connecticut with his wife Betsy (Jennifer Jones) and three children. He is having difficulty supporting his family and his wife’s ambitions on his writer's salary at a Manhattan nonprofit foundation. In addition to a troubled marriage, Tom is also dealing with post-traumatic stress syndrome in the form of frequent and disquieting flashbacks from his combat service as an Army captain in the European and Pacific theaters. These include actions where he killed men in combat (including, by accident, his best friend), and a brief affair with a young Italian girl named Maria (Marisa Pavan) while involved with Betsy.
More details
| author | Nunnally Johnson |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Connecticut |
| director | Nunnally Johnson |
| editor | Dorothy Spencer |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | act army captain best friend broadcast disturb elevator operator end end of world estrange european european theatre of world war ii even family life killed in action married meet mental health morning new job old woman open pacific theater pacific theatre in world war ii post-traumatic stress syndrome public relations rebellious daughter set up television network troubled marriage world war ii |
| musicBy | Bernard Herrmann |
| producer | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| productionCompany | 20th Century Fox |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |