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[[Image:Executive_Suite.jpg|150px|right]]'''Executive Suite''' is a 1954 [[motion picture]] about the succession struggle and associated intrigues involving a fictitious Fortune 500 [[corporation]] and its leading personnel after its president suddenly dies.
[[Image:Executive_Suite.jpg|150px|right]]
'''Executive Suite''' is a 1954 [[motion picture]] about the succession struggle and associated intrigues involving a fictitious Fortune 500 [[corporation]] and its leading personnel after its president suddenly dies.
== Plot summary ==
== Plot summary ==
Avery Bullard, President of Tredway Corporation, bids farewell to his investment banker in [[New York City]], sends a telegram to his headquarters in Millburgh, [[Pennsylvania]] calling a meeting of his executive committee, steps out onto [[Wall Street]] to hail a [[taxi]]--and then suffers a [[stroke]] and dies. From the investment banker's office, one of Tredway's directors witnesses the death and orders a massive short sale of the company's stock. In Millburgh, when the story breaks, five Vice Presidents--each of whom has his own particular ambitions and struggles--begin vying for the succession. To make matters worse, the remaining member of the board of directors--Julia O. Tredway, daughter of the late founder and companion to the now-deceased Mr. Bullard--contemplates a full liquidation of her company stake.
Avery Bullard, President of Tredway Corporation, bids farewell to his investment banker in [[New York City]], sends a telegram to his headquarters in Millburgh, [[Pennsylvania]] calling a meeting of his executive committee, steps out onto [[Wall Street]] to hail a [[taxi]]--and then suffers a [[stroke]] and dies. From the investment banker's office, one of Tredway's directors witnesses the death and orders a massive short sale of the company's stock. In Millburgh, when the story breaks, five Vice Presidents--each of whom has his own particular ambitions and struggles--begin vying for the succession. To make matters worse, the remaining member of the board of directors--Julia O. Tredway, daughter of the late founder and companion to the now-deceased Mr. Bullard--contemplates a full liquidation of her company stake.
== Cast of characters ==
== Cast of characters ==