Death of a Salesman

Dec 20, 1951

1h 55m

★ 6.9

One mistake... seen by his sons... unleashes... in the overwhelming power... the greatest drama of our day!

Overview

Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Stanley Kramer Productions

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Willy Loman

Fredric March

Linda Loman

Mildred Dunnock

Biff Loman

Kevin McCarthy

Happy Loman

Cameron Mitchell

Charley

Howard Smith

Ben

Royal Beal

Bernard

Don Keefer

Stanley

Jesse White

Miss Francis

Claire Carleton

Howard Wagner

David Alpert

Girl (uncredited)

Beverly Aadland

Mother (uncredited)

Jeanne Bates

Times are tough at Premiere Properties. Shelley "the machine" Levene and Dave Moss are veteran salesmen, but only Ricky Roma is on a hot streak. The new Glengarry sales leads could turn everything around, but the front office is holding them back until these "losers" prove themselves. Then someone decides to take matters into his own hands, stealing the Glengarry leads and leaving everyone wondering who did it.

10.0

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