An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.
Acting
Milo O'Shea's deadpan desperation is perfection.
Writing
Elmer Rice's 1923 play still cuts deep.
Director
Jerome Epstein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during a Hollywood strike using British actors on UK sets, giving this American play a strangely displaced, universal quality.
The electric chair scene's dark comedy influenced everything from Beckett to 'The Good Place'—this is proto-existentialist television.
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