Staples, a successful plant operator, is brought in from Ohio to take an executive position at Ramsey & Co. in New York. He forms a friendship with Briggs, the long-time vice president, but it soon becomes apparent that Walter Ramsey, who has inherited the position of CEO, is grooming Staples to replace Briggs. Ramsey will not fire Briggs, instead doing everything he can to humiliate and sabotage Briggs until he resigns.
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| Directing | Fielder Cook | Director |
| Writing | Rod Serling | Story |
| Writing | Rod Serling | Screenplay |
| Camera | Boris Kaufman | Director of Photography |
| Art | Duane McKinney | Production Design |
| Production | Michael Myerberg | Producer |
| Production | Jed Harris | Producer |
| Art | Richard Sylbert | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Merrill | Costume Design |
| Editing | Dave Kummins | Editor |
| Editing | Carl Lerner | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Herman Buchman | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | James F. Barclay | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Max Glandbard | Production Manager |
| Production | Jim Di Gangi | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Charles H. Maguire | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Marie Kenney | Continuity |
| Sound | Richard Gramaglia | Sound Engineer |
| Camera | Morris Hartzband | Camera Operator |
