The Middleman
Feb 20 1976
•2h 11m
•Drama
A bright and idealistic young graduate steels himself for a dog-eat-dog world, only to flounder in a job market packed with thousands of other hopefuls. When he eventually decides to start his own business as a middle-man, he discovers that the world of business does not live up to his lofty ideals. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, in partnership with The Film Foundation, in 1996.
Cast
See allPradip Mukherjee
Somnath Banerjee
Satya Banerjee
Somnath's Father
Dipankar Dey
Bhombol Banerjee
Lily Chakravarty
Kamala Banerjee
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