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The Solid Gold Cadillac

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Original title

The Solid Gold Cadillac

Year

1956

Running time

99 min.

Country

United States

Director

Richard Quine

Screenwriter

Abe Burrows. Play: George S. Kaufman, Howard Teichmann

Cast

Music

Cyril J. Mockridge

Cinematography

Charles Lang (B&W)

Producer

Columbia Pictures

Genre

Comedy

Synopsis

CEO of International Projects Edward McKeever (Paul Douglas) resigns to go help the military get bills passed through congress. It's a noble effort that sees him relinquishing control of the company he founded to his unscrupulous board of directors headed by Clifford Snell (Fred Clark) and John T. Blessington (John Williams). At his final stockholder's meeting, McKeever meets gadfly Laura Partridge, an unemployed actress with ten shares and a big mouth that embarasses the board with questions like, why they give themselves such astronomical salaries. After McKeever's departure, Partridge's meek heckling gets in the way of the executives' nefarious plans, so they eliminate the problem by hiring Laura as a stockholder liaison, placing her in an office where she's given no information and is expected to do nothing. But secretary Amelia (Neva Patterson) sneaks Laura a stockholder's list and she begins a busy program of covert correspondence. Meanwhile, the board is frustrated that ex-member McKeever isn't cheating government contracts their way and makes the foolish decision to send Laura to Washington to talk to him, thinking that getting her out of the office is a good thing to do.

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Awards: 1956: Oscar: Best Costume Design (B&W). 2 Nominations

1956: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Film - Comedy/Musical and Actress (Holliday)

1956: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Comedy Screenplay

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