The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (2:33) 1956

An oldie but a goodie featuring Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones. Ten years after the end of WWII, Tim Rath lives in Connecticut with his wife and three children. He commutes by train to his workplace in Manhattan. The hour commute also him time to reflect about his war experience in Italy. Rath recalls the horrors of war and the men he lost in battle. Tom also remembers Maria, a woman with whom he fell in love. After the war, he returns to Betsy and civilian life. Tom and Betsy struggle with their marriage and raising three children. Tom is also being pressured into being a company man which means giving up time with his family. As Tom is working out how to balance his life between work and family, he learns that he has fathered a child with Maria. How will Tom deal with this new information? I watched  The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit  with my aunt as neither one of us had seen the movie. Actually, we didn't even know what it was about but we are big Gregory Peck fans. I thought it was a rather long movie with the second half of the movie being more interesting. I did get a kick out of Rath speaking about his $8,000 a year salary. The movie prompted a discussion on how difficult it must have been for men returning from the war and having to adjust to life back in the US. We also wondered how many men, knowingly or unknowingly, left children behind.