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George Caswell is a high-liver always looking for "easy money." He makes an "insider trade" the like of which would get a man arrested today, and even in the era in which this story took place, the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] would take a dim view of his activities--a fact Shaw knows and keeps track of. Caswell crassly plays on his voting power to extort from Shaw a promise to sell him some company stock cheap so that he can cover a short sale that would otherwise spell disaster for him.
George Caswell is a high-liver always looking for "easy money." He makes an "insider trade" the like of which would get a man arrested today, and even in the era in which this story took place, the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]] would take a dim view of his activities--a fact Shaw knows and keeps track of. Caswell crassly plays on his voting power to extort from Shaw a promise to sell him some company stock cheap so that he can cover a short sale that would otherwise spell disaster for him.
== Themes ==
Ambition is a fairly common theme in all movies. ''Executive Suite'' features almost as many forms of ambition as it has leading actors. These forms include the simple ambition to make money (even "easy" money), the ambition for a promotion (or the succession to a headship), and the ambition to accomplish something positive. Different kinds of ambition drive men (and women) to do different things to realize those ambitions, as this film illustrates very well.
Another thing this film illustrates well is the consequences of idol worship. Avery Bullard is an idol, and in death he becomes an even greater idol to many of the associates he leaves behind. Sokme of those people--Don Walling, for example--must overcome their idol worship and reassess what Avery Bullard actually meant to them, if they expect to achieve their goals.
== Background and Production ==
== Background and Production ==