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The Firm Man is a film of genre Drama directed by John Duigan with Bethany Lee
The Firm Man (1975)
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Add to a movie listThe Firm Man is a 1975 film which was the directorial debut of John Duigan.
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Gerald Baxter, a middle aged businessman, starts a new job at a company called the Firm where his only jobs are collecting occasional messages. Gerald becomes bored and alienated from his life and wife. He befriends a girl who offers him another life but in the end conforms.Actors
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