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.
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Pradip Mukherjee
Somnath Banerjee
Satya Banerjee
Somnath's Father
Dipankar Dey
Bhombol Banerjee
Lily Chakravarty
Kamala Banerjee
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