Death of a Salesman (1951)

Directors

László Benedek

Cast

Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy, Cameron Mitchell

The story

Traveling salesman Willy Loman has spent his entire life working on the road. He had good luck in his younger years and makes a reasonable living, but he is now 60 and all of his old business contacts have retired or died. When his company stops paying his salary in favor of a straight commission, he begins to mentally deteriorate, talking to himself and attempting suicide multiple times.

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