The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956)

The Solid Gold Cadillac (1956) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
96 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1956 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Richard Quine

Written By:
Abe Burrows
George S. Kaufman

Actors:
Judy Holliday ..... Laura Partridge
Paul Douglas ..... Edward L. McKeever
Fred Clark ..... Clifford Snell
John Williams ..... John T. 'Jack' Blessington
Hiram Sherman ..... Harry Harkness
Neva Patterson ..... Amelia Shotgraven, Secretary
Ralph Dumke ..... Warren Gillie
Ray Collins ..... Alfred Metcalfe
Arthur O'Connell ..... Mark Jenkins
George Burns ..... Narrator (voice)

Synopsis:

Skewering the corporate world at every turn, this sparkling comedy centers on the struggle of a plucky blonde (Judy Holiday), who dreams of owning the title automobile, to wrest control of a big business from the greedy hands of a crooked board of directors and turn it over to stock holders like herself.

Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations. These are not the questions which the board expected to be asked of them, especially since they are all crooked, except for Edward McKeever, the current CEO who has resigned in order to take an advisory position at the Pentagon. Following the meeting, he bumps into Laura and offers to drive her home. On the way there, Laura displays her enthusiasm for being a stockholder, as a result, Edward takes a liking to her. With Edward in Washington, John Blessington and Clifford Snell establish their hold on International Projects - They see greater riches now that Edward has influence with the US senate, especially with the awarding of federal contracts, unfortunately for them he is honest, and won't do their bidding. In the meantime, Laura continues to be a nusance to the board. Blessington believes the only way to silence her, is to give her a high paying position with the company. The idea is for her to do absolutely nothing - Laura has other plans. She begins to correspond with other small stockholders in the company - a problem for the board. They decide to use her influence on Edward and send her to Washington to get contracts. Laura now knowing their true intentions for her, has her own agenda, that is, get Edward back in charge of the company.

Laura Patridge, a small-time stockholder, creates havoc at a board meeting with the former Chief Executive Officer of a major corporation and wrests control from its selfish, corrupt board of directors.

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