Rating: NR
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 08/09/2005
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French/Espanol
Sound: DD1/DD2/DS
Run Time: 152 Minutes
Flags: Suitable for Children
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox
This meticulous and unusually long cinemadaptation of
Sloan Wilson's best-selling novel
The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit stars
Gregory Peck as an ex-army officer, pursuing a living as a TV writer in the postwar years. Hired by a major broadcasting network, Peck is assigned to write speeches for the network's president (
Fredric March). Peck comes to realize that the president's success has come at the expense of personal happiness, and this leads Peck to ruminate on his own life. Extended flashbacks reveal that Peck had experienced a torrid wartime romance with Italian girl
Marisa Pavan, a union that produced a child. Peck is torn between his responsibility to his illegitimate son and his current obligations towards his wife (
Jennifer Jones), his children, and his employer. Among the many life-altering decisions made by Peck before the fade-out is his determination to seek out a job that will allow him to spend more time with his family, even if it means a severe cut in salary. The superb hand-picked supporting cast of
The Man in the Grey Flannel Suit includes
Ann Harding as March's wife,
Keenan Wynn as the man who informs Peck that he'd fathered an Italian child,
Henry Daniell as a detached executive, and an unbilled
DeForrest Kelley as an army medic (who gets to say "He's dead, captain"!)
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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