The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

1956
PG
2h 33m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,1/10

4,2 k

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Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones, and Fredric March in The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)

Trailer for this film based on the best seller

Liretrailer1 min 56 s

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Drama Romance War

Un ex-soldat fait face à des questions éthiques alors qu'il essaie de gagner suffisamment pour bien subvenir aux besoins de sa femme et de ses enfants.Un ex-soldat fait face à des questions éthiques alors qu'il essaie de gagner suffisamment pour bien subvenir aux besoins de sa femme et de ses enfants.Un ex-soldat fait face à des questions éthiques alors qu'il essaie de gagner suffisamment pour bien subvenir aux besoins de sa femme et de ses enfants.

Director
- Nunnally Johnson
Writers
- Nunnally Johnson
- Sloan Wilson
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,1/10

4,2 k

MA NOTE

Director
- Nunnally Johnson
Writers
- Nunnally Johnson
- Sloan Wilson
Stars

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 1 victoire et 3 nominations au total

Anecdotes
One of Gregory Peck's movie children was played by Portland Mason, who was the daughter of actor James Mason, and an Italian delivery boy was played by Johnny Crawford a few years before he would achieve fame on the popular TV Western, The Rifleman (1958).

Gaffes
It is believed by some that Tom shifting his car into reverse then driving away forward at the end of the film is a goof. However, the car is a manual transmission Ford with a column-shifted 3 speed manual transmission with an unsynchronized first gear. A quirk of that style transmission is that at a standing stop, getting the transmission into 1st gear when the engine is running is easiest if the operator first abruptly lifts the shift lever from neutral to place the transmission into second gear, then back down into first. This prevents clash (grinding) of the unsynchronized first gear. Drivers of the era, including Tom Rath, would have been well familiar with this technique.

Citations
Tom Rath: I don't know anything about public relations.
Bill Hawthorne: Who does? You've got a clean shirt and you bathe every day. That's all there is to it.

Générique farfelu
Once it fades in, the 20th Century Fox logo (set to the film's dramatic opening credits music, rather than the traditional Fox fanfare) appears in a slightly smaller CinemaScope windowbox, slowly panning to normal size (correctly fitting the CinemaScope screen) before fadeout.

Connexions
Featured in The Fifties (1997)

Bandes originales
(I'm a) Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech
(1908) (uncredited)
Lyrics by Billy Walthall
Music by Frank Roman and Mike Greenblatt
based on "Son of a Gambolier"
Music by Charles Ives (1895)
Played on the ukulele by Gregory Peck

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Commentaire en vedette

7/10

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I was really surprised on this film as it was not at all what I expected. The title suggested to me something about life in corporate America, but that was just a background to what was really going on.

The movie was really about men.

I certainly would not excuse the taking of the opportunity to have an illicit affair during wartime, but I can understand the longing for warmth and affection when you are so far away from home and feel that you life is about to end.

I was really taken with the character's (Gregory Peck) cautious approach to life. I can empathize with him as he puts security and safety for his family about the wife's (Jennifer Jones) wanting someone to make a difference. He was never really comfortable stepping out into a world where he did not know the rules.

I can certainly empathize with him in the decision to be a 9-5 man instead of someone who builds. You don't always know the effect that can have on a family when forced to make that decision.

Peck played an honorable man, who tried to do the right thing for his boss and his family. It was a fascinating movie, and I believe that every man cans see some of himself in Peck's character.

A lot of big stars from the era: Fredric March, Lee J. Cobb, and Keenan Wynn made the movie well worth watching.