153m; U.S.
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Cast: Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones and Fredric March
Synopsis (IMDB): An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to support his wife and children well.
Category Archives: White Collar
The Man in the White Suit (1951)
85m; U.K.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Cast: Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood and Cecil Parker
Synopsis (IMDB): An altruistic chemist invents a fabric that resists wear and stain as boon to humanity but both capital and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
Mr. Mom (1983)
91m; U.S.
Director: Stan Dragoti
Cast: Michael Keaton, Teri Garr and Fred Koehler
Synopsis (IMDB): Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living when Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It’s just that he’s never done it before, and really doesn’t have a clue.
Other People’s Money (1991)
103m; U.S.
Director: Norman Jewison
Cast: Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck and Penelope Ann Miller
Synopsis: A corporate raider threatens a hostile take-over of a “mom and pop” company. The patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife’s daughter, who is a lawyer, to try and protect the company. The raider is enamoured of her, and enjoys the thrust and parry of legal manoeuvring as he tries to win her heart.
The Other (El Otro) [2007]
83m; Argentina
Director: Ariel Rotter
Cast: Julio Chávez, Osvaldo Bonet, Maria Oneto, Inés Molina, Arturo Goetz, María Ucedo
Synopsis: The businessman Juan adopts the identity of a dead fellow traveller to give himself a timeout in his organised and responsible existence. Things work out different however when he doesn’t turn into the other man as much as becoming himself more than ever.
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Rodosha (The Laborer) [2006]
20m; Japan
Director: Darryl Knickrehm
Synopsis: Kay Fujita, Tatsuya Masuda and Dan Yukino
Synopsis (IMDB): In a life of work, we work to live life. One businessman has the opportunity to take a step back and look at his life. To his dismay he sees a man who not only labored at work but also in life. The Laborer is a tale of two levels. It is a commentary of the workaholic lifestyles of the world. But more importantly it is the intimate story of a man who is detached from his feelings and as a result has prevented himself from taking the opportunities of life.
Kinky Boots (2005)
107m; U.K.
Director: Julian Jarrold
Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joel Edgerton, Sarah-Jane Potts
Synopsis (IMDB): A drag queen comes to the rescue of a man who, after inheriting his father’s shoe factory, needs to diversify his product if he wants to keep the business afloat.
Kraft Television Theatre: “Patterns” (1955)
59m; U.S.
Director: Fielder Cook
Synopsis: A business psychological drama about a CEO of a company who tries to psychologically intimidate a Vice President into resigning (since at the VP and above level you don’t fire staff according to the CEO). This TV play centers around the interaction between the CEO and the VP, the CEO and the person that’s supposed to replace the VP (though he wasn’t hired knowing this), the CEO and the new hire and the new hire and the VP.
It Should Happen to You (1954)
86m; U.S.
Director: George Cukor
Cast: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon and Peter Lawford
Synopsis: Gladys Glover has just lost her modelling job when she meets filmmaker Pete Sheppard shooting a documentary in Central Park. For Pete it’s love at first sight, but Gladys has her mind on other things — like making a name for herself. Through a fluke of advertising she winds up with her name plastered over 10 billboards throughout city. Suddenly all of New York is clamoring for Gladys Glover without knowing why and playboy Evan Adams III is making a play for Gladys that even Pete knows will be hard to beat.
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