this be a good blueprint for a study of corporate power and the dichotomoy between require public life and the need for privacy . robert taylor have be prim by corporate head burl ives a a surrogate son to replace him a head of the corporation . he send him to england to negotiate a deal and where taylor be both take aback by the ethic and morality of the men he be deal with and manages to fall in love with a refugee while he at it . he come back emtpy hand and have do his duty but have tell the truth to the english about his motif . he attempt to marry the refugee rather than the bos niece and so begin an attempt by ives to discredit the refugee a a suitable wife for a corporate executive . it could have be gritter and nasty and less romantic the amount of time spend on the romance skew the film away from the point it try to make about corporate ethic . somehow the costume design be nominate ( undeservedly ) for an oscar it all business suit and the two woman in the film dress conservatively studio politics at work yet again and no doubt . what be stiking however be the black and white cinemascope cinematography which be excellent this if anything deserve the oscar nom . ( it be mgm first scope film in b and w ) . not as good a it could have be but not terrible either .