"To eliminate internal opposition, a cruel CEO sabotages and humiliates a good-natured executive in an effort to force his resignation — and make the reticent new hire his new yes man."
Van Heflin
as Fred Staples
Everett Sloane
as Walter Ramsey
Ed Begley
as Bill Briggs
Beatrice Straight
as Nancy Staples
Elizabeth Wilson
as Marge Fleming
Joanna Roos
as Margaret Lanier
Valerie Cossart
as Martha Stevens
Eleni Kiamos
as Sylvia Trammel
Ronnie Welsh
as Paul Briggs
Shirley Standlee
as Miss Hill
Andrew Duggan
as Harvey Jameson
Jack Livesey
as D.J. Vandeventer
John Seymour
as Ed Gordon
Sally Gracie
as Ann
Sally Chamberlin
as Mrs. Jameson
Edward Binns
as Elevator Starter
James Kelly
as Jim Latham
John Shelly
as Edgar Grannigan
Victor Harrison
as Carl Portier
Ethel Britton
as Woman (uncredited)
Michael Dreyfuss
as Billy (uncredited)
Elaine Kaye
as Second Secretary (uncredited)
Adrienne Moore
as First Secretary (uncredited)
Fielder Cook
Director
Rod Serling
Screenplay
James F. Barclay
Assistant Editor
Max Glandbard
Production Manager
Jim Di Gangi
Unit Manager
Charles H. Maguire
Assistant Director
Marie Kenney
Continuity
Richard Gramaglia
Sound Engineer
Morris Hartzband
Camera Operator
Boris Kaufman
Director of Photography
Duane McKinney
Production Design
Michael Myerberg
Producer
Jed Harris
Richard Sylbert
Art Direction
Mary Merrill
Costume Design
Dave Kummins
Editor
Carl Lerner
Herman Buchman
Makeup Artist
Original Story