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Patterns (1956) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by Fielder Cook .

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Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy (2019, Tim Mahoney)

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Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy (2019, Tim Mahoney)

on Mar 18, 2019 From The Stop Button

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Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy (2019, Tim Mahoney)

By Andrew Wickliffe on Mar 18, 2019 From The Stop Button

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Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy (2019, Tim Mahoney)

on Mar 18, 2019 From The Stop Button

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Patterns (1956)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Nov 9, 2017 From 4 Star Films

Patterns has little right to be any good. It takes place almost exclusively?in interiors. Boardrooms, offices, hallways, at desks, and in elevators. But thanks to a fantastic teleplay from Twilight Zone mastermind Rod Serling, this little picture exceeds the meager expectations placed on it. In fact... Read full article


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Walter Ramsey: I'll see you in the morning, Fred. Remember, you didn't steal that promotion. You won it!


Walter Ramsey: Name your terms. All terms are negotiable.
Fred Staples: I don't think so. Not mine.
Walter Ramsey: All right. I'd just as soon not waste any time doing trading. As of now, your salary is doubled. Your stock option is doubled right down the line. Your expense account is whatever you make it. Add to that a new title, vice president.
Fred Staples: I want a lot more than that. You're not going to take me on as just another vice president you can push around. You take me as someone who hates you down to the bare nerve. Nothing in the world will ever change that. I'll argue with you, contradict you and fight you every way I know how. I'll do everything in my power to push you out and take your place myself.
Walter Ramsey: Go ahead and try. Mr. Staples, you have yourself a deal.
Fred Staples: Have it drawn up.
Walter Ramsey: No reservations now?
Fred Staples: Yes, one. Bill had one pitiful little dream that someday he'd walk in here and break your jaw. I reserve the right to have that wish myself.
Walter Ramsey: I'll have it drawn into the contract... with a rider giving me the same privilege.


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Based on a teleplay by Rod Serling that ran on "Kraft Television Theatre" (1947) in January 1955. It featured several of the same actors that would appear in the movie, including Everett Sloane and Ed Begley. However the part of Fred Staples, the lead, was originated by Richard Kiley. Begley's character, Bill Briggs, was called Andy Sloane in the original version. Serling's teleplay won him the first of his six Emmy Awards.
Andrew Duggan's first movie.
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