Executive Suite is a 1954 MGM drama film depicting the transfer of power in a corporation in trouble. The film stars William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March, and Walter Pidgeon. It was directed by Robert Wise and produced by John Houseman from a screenplay by Ernest Lehman based on the novel of the same name by Cameron Hawley. The cinematography was by George J. Folsey and the costume design by Helen Rose. It is one of the few Hollywood films with no music whatsoever. Avery Bullard, president and driving force of the Tredway Corporation, dies at a critical time. Bullard had lost his... way in recent years and the furniture manufacturing company had steadily lost ground to the competition. He had not groomed a successor, so the board of directors must vote for his replacement. The frontrunner is the ambitious but unimaginative Loren Shaw, the company Controller concerned more with profitability and satisfying the stockholders than rejuvenating the company. He has the backing of the main shareholder, Julia Tredway, who had been hopelessly in love with Bullard.
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