| The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit | |
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 1956 Movie Poster | |
| Directed by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Screenplay by | Nunnally Johnson |
| Based on | The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit 1955 novel by Sloan Wilson |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Starring | Gregory Peck Jennifer Jones Fredric March |
| Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke |
| Edited by | Dorothy Spencer |
| Music by | Bernard Herrmann |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 153 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2,670,000[2] |
| Box office | $4,350,000 (US rentals)[3] |
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.
The film was entered at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival.[4]
- ^ "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit - Details". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p250
- ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1956', Variety Weekly, January 2, 1957
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-04.