That she also happens to be the boss's daughter adds a backstory of guile and Glances, and a knack for saying precisely the wrong thing at the wrong time.
(Susan Blakely) a beautiful but unaccountably loyal spouse given to hurt looks, aqueous
To make him seem even meaner, Chamberlain is given a Good Woman Susan Blakely as Patty Simmons "The Wife" Ol' meanie at any moment, one expects him to materialize in a cape and top hat, The flesh.) Chamberlain's snakish character is written as such an unrelentingly rotten (Although, in truth, Chamberlain's snare-drum-tight face has been pulled so taut, his exceptional cheekbones genuinely look in danger of cutting straight through The big bad guy tipoff being that within minutes of his entrance, he delivers a Neely O'Hara-ish speech about not needing God or anybody else's help, and how he didn't get through life on a pass because of his good cheekbones and damn classy looks. The villain of the piece is electrical contractor RichardĬhamberlain. Richard Chamberlain as Roger Simmons "The Son-In-Law" Vulnerable, exposed, quivering conscience. His duty is to deliver a lot of common-sense, life-saving fire safety advice to the audience, finger wag at the corporate bottom-liners, and serve as the occasional big prick to Newman's McQueen arrives on the scene as the film's moral mentor. Once things start to heat up, good guy fireman Steve Steve McQueen as Michael O'Hallorhan "The Fire Chief" Something we can all easily observe for ourselves thanks to his ginormous eyeglasses. But Holden is a man of questionable integrity with dollar signs in his eyes. He tries to persuade Newman to stay so that together they can build bigger and better firetraps-I mean, skyscrapers…all over the world. The tempter to Newman's antagonist is boss William Holden. William Holden as James Duncan "The Builder"
Placed in the position of having to make a decision? Is not keen to give her executive promotion the kiss-off so soon. Newman wants her to be with him (and do what? we ask ourselves), but Dunaway, perhapsĪnticipating what lies in store for her in Network, Randy Paul Newman wants to runaway withĭunaway to a place where their hypothetical children "…can run around and grow and be free." But post-afternoon delight, the career-minded Dunaway informs him that she's just been offered a much longed-for promotion ( "That's nice…," is his invalidating response). Poster identifies her as "the girlfriend," and that's precisely the breadth, scope,Īnd function of her role in the film. The curvy speedbump preventing Newman from beating as hastyĪ retreat to the good life as he'd like is magazine editor Faye Dunaway.
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