Patterns

“Ruthless Men And Ambitious Women... Clawing For Control Of A Billion Dollar Empire!!!”

Fred Staples (Van Heflin) joins a New York corporation as an executive, and within days he is pulled into the private war of its chief, Walter Ramsey (Everett Sloane). Ramsey wants Bill Briggs (Ed Begley), a decent and long-serving man, to quit, and he sets about humiliating him in front of the whole boardroom. Rod Serling's script turns on what Fred is willing to put up with to keep the job.