Wealthy hotshot Cash McCall makes his money by purchasing unsuccessful businesses, whipping them into shape and then selling them for a huge profit. When Cash comes across Austen Plastics, a small manufacturing corporation on its last legs, he realizes it might be a gamble to buy the company. But when Cash finds out that the company's owner is the father of his old flame, Lory, he buys the business just to get a second chance at romance.
Acting
Garner's effortless charm carries every scene.
Costume
Impeccable mid-century corporate fashion throughout.
Production
Lavish sets that scream old Hollywood glamour.
Director
Joseph Pevney
James Garner
Cash McCall
Natalie Wood
Lory Austen
Nina Foch
Maude Kennard
Dean Jagger
Grant Austen
E.G. Marshall
Winston Conway
Henry Jones
Gil Clark
Otto Kruger
Will Atherson
Roland Winters
Gen. Andrew Danvers
Edward Platt
Harrison Glenn
Edgar Stehli
Mr. Pierce
Linda Watkins
Marie Austen
Parley Baer
Harvey Bannon
Dabbs Greer
Bronson (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was James Garner's first leading role in a feature film after breaking out on television's Maverick.
The film captures a fascinating transitional moment in American business culture, just before conglomerate capitalism would make Cash's tactics seem almost quaint.
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