William Holden's great speech at the end of this movie just keeps building and building, he really shows how good an actor he is and how good Ernest Lehman can write a screenplay. I think of the movie business when Holden gives his final speech. Every performance is authentic, and I really like how Stanwyck delivers her final line. This movie will always be relevant and an inspiration to anyone who cares about how to do business.
25: Julia is in her dead husband's office, she sits in his chair and holds his pipe. The executives vying for control of the company leave the boardroom. Shaw offers to drop Dudley off at the airport, Shaw later follows Dudley to his lover's apartment to get his vote. The power play moves begin. The birth of something new.
45: Alderson and Walling wonder who the former founder of the company wanted to lead the business going forward. They don't want Shaw to lead but, "Who's going to stop him?" Now that I'm aware.
60: Shaw and Caswell conspire for mutual gain. If Caswell votes for Shaw he'll get stock to cover a short position vulnerable because of a soon to be made public positive earnings report. There's no going back now.
-45: Walling is in the factory and one of the workers asks, "Where do we go from here?" They talk about the KF line and how it isn't good enough. The worker asks "Why did he allow it?" Factory workers wonder what's going to happen to them. Walling assures them that "nobody's going to shut down anything." Discovery.
-25: Julia burns papers and Walling wants her to hold onto her stock. Lots of intense turbulence as Walling gets Julia to realize that she's selling only to "pay him back for loving the company more than he loved you." The final turning point.
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