This article is about the 1956 film. For the 1955 novel by Sloan Wilson, see The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (novel).
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
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
20th Century Fox
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release date
April 12, 1956 (1956-04-12)[1]
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.
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