Patterns (film)

This article is about the 1956 film. For the 1955 television play, see Patterns (Kraft Television Theatre).
Patterns
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFielder Cook
Screenplay byRod Serling
Story byRod Serling
Produced byMichael Myerberg
Jed Harris[1]
StarringVan Heflin
Everett Sloane
Ed Begley
CinematographyBoris Kaufman
Edited byDave Kummins
Carl Lerner
Production
companies
Jed Harris
Michael Myerberg
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • March 27, 1956 (1956-03-27) (New York City)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Patterns, also known as Patterns of Power,[2] is a 1956 American "boardroom drama" film starring Van Heflin, Everett Sloane, and Ed Begley; and directed by Fielder Cook. The screenplay was by Rod Serling, who adapted it from his teleplay of the same name, which was originally broadcast January 12, 1955 on the Kraft Television Theatre with Sloane, Begley and Richard Kiley.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Patterns". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  2. ^ Baskin, Ellen (2018-04-27). Enser's Filmed Books and Plays: A List of Books and Plays from which Films have been Made, 1928-2001. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-76983-9.