The High Cost of Loving

Year: 1958

Runtime: 87 mins

Language: English

Comedy

MGM offers a candid marital comedy centered on middle‑aged Jim Fry, a long‑time middle‑manager who has spent fifteen years at the same firm and settled into a comfortable rut. When the new company president hosts an important luncheon and Jim isn’t invited, he fears he’s about to be dismissed. His anxieties deepen just as his wife announces she’s pregnant, forcing him to confront an uncertain future.

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