Storyline

A ruthless fashion designer steps on everyone in her way in order to reach the top of her profession. Eventually she is forced to choose between her ambition and the man she loves.—Daniel Bubbeo

Plot Keywords

fashion, new york city, based on novel, partnership, new york, double cross, betrayal, romantic rivalry, salesman, claim in title, love, fashion designer, ambition, love triangle, male female relationship, banquet

Short Review

I cannot believe that this film somehow got under the radar. Wake up and watch it on youtube! Screenplay: Abe Polonsky (e.g. "spit on your pencil and write me some numbers.") Filming and direction outstanding. Cast: top draw actors, no over-acting, dead-pan comedy at its best, even from Haywood. Money, romance, betrayal, double-dealing (opportunism), women in capitalism at its rawest. Early tongue-in-cheek expose of what was in store from Betty Friedan's "you've come a long way, baby" feminism and the me-too movement, and a killer male response to it---Get a load of George Saunders telling it like it is,in Abe Polonsky brilliance. The fact that there is not one review on record at RT may indicate that Polonsky was already on the blacklist (HUAC and the Jewish ADL) when the film came out.

Trailer

Streaming Service

1. Amazon Video : Rent from $1.99, Or $0.00 with a Prime membership