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The General Foreman

Morten Parker

1958 29 min

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Here is a classic example of "the man in the middle," subject to pressures from above and below, and divided in loyalty to the enterprise and to the men he supervises.

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Here is a classic example of "the man in the middle," subject to pressures from above and below, and divided in loyalty to the enterprise and to the men he supervises.

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Work and Labour Relations

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Credits

• director
  Morten Parker
  
• producer
  Morten Parker
  
• commentary
  Morten Parker
  
• executive producer
  Nicholas Balla
  
• script
  John Wyllie
  
• photography
  John Spotton
  
• sound
  Michel Belaieff
  
• editing
  Dennis Sawyer
  
• sound editing
  Marguerite Payette
  
  Malca Gillson
  
• narrator
  Budd Knapp
  
  H.D. Woods
  
• cast
  Rolf Carston
  
  Charles Palmer
  
  Thomas Paton
  
  Nan Stewart
  
  Georges Wilson
  

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