The High Cost of Loving (1958)

6.6/10 87 min Comedy

Overview

Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he doesn't receive an invitation to an important luncheon being held by the new company president. Convinced that he's about to lose his job, Jim begins to mull over his limited prospects when his wife confirms that she's pregnant.

Cast

José Ferrer

Jim Fry

Gena Rowlands

Ginny Fry

Joanne Gilbert

Syd Heyward

Jim Backus

Paul Mason

Bobby Troup

Steve Heyward

Philip Ober

Herb Zorn

Edward Platt

Eli Cave

Charles Watts

Boylin, Executive

Werner Klemperer

Joseph Jessup

Malcolm Atterbury

Harry Lessing (uncredited)

Henny Backus

Mrs. Mason (uncredited)

Nick Clooney

Freddie - Man in Parking Lot (uncredited)

Richard Collier

Clayton Fraser (uncredited)

Brian Corcoran

Mason Child (uncredited)

Abby Dalton

Cora, Secretary (uncredited)

Francis De Sales

Charles Blake (uncredited)

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