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Oct 01, 2019
3 minutes
BY MARK GRIMSLEY
RELEASED IN 1956, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit seemingly isn’t a war movie. The uniform worn by its protagonist, Tom Rath (Gregory Peck), is exactly what the title says it is (with a fedora as the prescribed headgear). And as the film begins, we see a thoroughly civilian life: Tom taking the afternoon commuter train from New York’s Grand Central Station to join his wife, Betsy (Jennifer Jones), at their modest house in the suburbs.
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