A 1957 heart attack drama so intense it makes 'Mad Men' look like a vacation.
When a driven business man suffers a series of heart attacks, he and his family must reassess their values.
Acting
John Beal's physical deterioration is genuinely unsettling.
Direction
TV veteran Newland squeezing claustrophobia from every suburban corner.
Director
John Newland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released smack in the Eisenhower boom, this was Hollywood's rare admission that the American Dream was literally killing men. The 'organization man' critique before it had a name.
John Newland directed this between episodes of 'One Step Beyond' and essentially invented the 'medical crisis as family reckoning' template that 'ER' would run into the ground forty years later.
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