Death of a Salesman (1951 film) to lose his grip on reality and slips between the past and the present, frantically trying to find where he went wrong. The cast consisted mainly of the Broadway cast, with the addition of Kevin McCarthy from the original London Cast. However, Fredric March replaced Broadway actor Lee J. Cobb after concerns arose over Cobb's alleged past with leftist politics. Just before the film was about to come out, Arthur Miller threatened to sue Columbia Studios over the short which was to appear before "Death of a Salesman". This short film, "Career of a Salesman", showed what the producers believed
The Salesman (2016 film) The website's critical consensus reads, ""The Salesman" takes an ambitiously complex look at thought-provoking themes, and the well-acted results prove another consistently absorbing entry in writer-director Asghar Farhadi's distinguished filmography." On Metacritic, it holds an 85/100 rating, based on 36 reviews from critics, indicating "universal acclaim". After its Cannes screening, Owen Gleiberman wrote in "Variety" that, following Farhadi's "A Separation" and "The Past", "The Salesman" "is another finely cut gem of neorealist suspense." Donald Clarke's review from "The Irish Times" stated that "The latest from Asghar Farhadi sees another family put under stress after a violent attack." Deborah Young in