Character Analysis Cash McCall
The movie “Cash McCall” is based on the novel by Cameron Hawley about a group of executives who roam from office to office making huge corporate deals in the mid 1950s. Cash McCall is the lead character in the film based on business and free-market capitalism. (Younkins, p.1) Cash McCall’s appearance in the movie takes some time in the beginning. The movie goes along for quite some time at the start before the audience can see the man that everyone seems to be looking for in the first part of the movie. There are many characters introduced in the beginning ranging from respectable and corrupt. Based on the dialogue and action, Cash McCall is considered a hero by some for his generosity and creativity when …show more content…
Cash McCall enters the room looking like a “sturdy Princeton sophomore and cocking an eye at some trembling, gray-haired competitors, and the fun begins.” (Thompson, p. 1) His appearance makes him seem very young and sophisticated but not notorious. At some point in the movie he states, “I’m a thoroughly vulgar character. I enjoy making money.” (Younkins, p.3) This statement makes him seem older and definitely a high profile businessman with an uncanny desire to make lots of …show more content…
Lory Austen, daughter of Grant Austen, and Cash McCall had a brief romantic relationship in Maine, which didn’t end well and seemed unresolved. She of course had no idea Cash would be the one buying her father’s company. Cash at that point seemed focused on acquiring the lady and preoccupied with her company instead of business. The relationship shows his softer side and the gentleman that he is even though rumors spread wildly about the womanizer he might have been in the past.
During the progression of the movie, the audience begins to understand the type of character Cash McCall truly is as he encounters all the different characters in the movie. The audience can surmise he is a moral businessman and a true gentleman who treats all parties in a business deal with justice and fairness. (Younkins, p.4) The vibrant and self-assured man tries to stay anonymous and values his privacy. He only divulges information of his ownership of things only when he feels someone has the right to know about
The movie “Cash McCall” is based on the novel by Cameron Hawley about a group of executives who roam from office to office making huge corporate deals in the mid 1950s. Cash McCall is the lead character in the film based on business and free-market capitalism. (Younkins, p.1) Cash McCall’s appearance in the movie takes some time in the beginning. The movie goes along for quite some time at the start before the audience can see the man that everyone seems to be looking for in the first part of the movie. There are many characters introduced in the beginning ranging from respectable and corrupt. Based on the dialogue and action, Cash McCall is considered a hero by some for his generosity and creativity when …show more content…
Cash McCall enters the room looking like a “sturdy Princeton sophomore and cocking an eye at some trembling, gray-haired competitors, and the fun begins.” (Thompson, p. 1) His appearance makes him seem very young and sophisticated but not notorious. At some point in the movie he states, “I’m a thoroughly vulgar character. I enjoy making money.” (Younkins, p.3) This statement makes him seem older and definitely a high profile businessman with an uncanny desire to make lots of …show more content…
Lory Austen, daughter of Grant Austen, and Cash McCall had a brief romantic relationship in Maine, which didn’t end well and seemed unresolved. She of course had no idea Cash would be the one buying her father’s company. Cash at that point seemed focused on acquiring the lady and preoccupied with her company instead of business. The relationship shows his softer side and the gentleman that he is even though rumors spread wildly about the womanizer he might have been in the past.
During the progression of the movie, the audience begins to understand the type of character Cash McCall truly is as he encounters all the different characters in the movie. The audience can surmise he is a moral businessman and a true gentleman who treats all parties in a business deal with justice and fairness. (Younkins, p.4) The vibrant and self-assured man tries to stay anonymous and values his privacy. He only divulges information of his ownership of things only when he feels someone has the right to know about