The Rabbit Trap (1959)
72 min | Drama | June 1959 (USA)
Job or family? This perennial conflict portrayed in this drama about a draftsman, able to free himself from the job for a very overdue family vacation, who is threatened with the sack if he doesn't return to work mid-holiday.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: J.P. Miller
Stars: Ernest Borgnine, David Brian, Bethel Leslie
72 min | Drama | June 1959 (USA)
Job or family? This perennial conflict portrayed in this drama about a draftsman, able to free himself from the job for a very overdue family vacation, who is threatened with the sack if he doesn't return to work mid-holiday.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: J.P. Miller
Stars: Ernest Borgnine, David Brian, Bethel Leslie
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00:00I've never gone into this with you before, but this time...
00:20Do you know how many weeks paid vacation you've had in eight years?
00:27Three, including last week, in eight years.
00:32What does he think you are?
00:35What does he think we are?
00:38Last year and the year before that, he couldn't spare you at all.
00:44Look, I got a nice bonus.
00:47So did Jerry.
00:48So did Matty and Pete.
00:49They got vacations, too.
00:50But this was a special deal.
00:51Special for them.
00:55I was so proud of you when you asked for this vacation and got it.
01:00Two weeks paid vacation, the beginning of a new era.
01:06That's a laugh.
01:10Well, there's such a thing as company loyalty.
01:12Company doesn't own you.
01:14But I got to prove to him he can depend on me.
01:16He knows he can depend on you to lie down anytime he needs somebody to walk on.
01:19That's not true and you know it.
01:21I'm in line for project engineer any day now.
01:23Seems to be a mighty long line.
01:25All right, so he promoted Pete ahead of me.
01:27But Pete's got a diploma he can wave around.
01:30You know, you don't think you deserve to get ahead.
01:32Are you out of your mind?
01:34You think anybody with more education than you ought to be ahead of you.
01:37Look, if you haven't got a degree, you've got to depend on seniority.
01:41A rep...
01:43A reputation for dependability.
01:45That takes time.
01:47I know it does, Eddie.
01:48But it was ten years ago that we dreamed up Duncan and Kathy and a whole house full of kids.
01:54A house that was all ours, Eddie.
01:59So many plans we had.
02:03So many things we were going to do.
02:09I don't know, it just seems like everything stopped after Duncan.
02:15Never seemed to be able to get ahead after he was born, your job and all.
02:22Where are those plans now, Eddie?
02:24I'm 30 years old, I'm not 20 anymore.