Death of a Salesman
“One mistake... seen by his sons... unleashes... in the overwhelming power... the greatest drama of our day!”
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.
Genres
Drama
Studio
Stanley Kramer Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Death of a Salesman performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$1.2M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$173K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Willy Loman
Fredric March
Willy Loman
Linda Loman
Mildred Dunnock
Linda Loman
Biff Loman
Kevin McCarthy
Biff Loman
Happy Loman
Cameron Mitchell
Happy Loman
Charley
Howard Smith
Charley
Ben
Royal Beal
Ben
Bernard
Don Keefer
Bernard
Stanley
Jesse White
Stanley
Miss Francis
Claire Carleton
Miss Francis
Howard Wagner
David Alpert
Howard Wagner
Girl (uncredited)
Beverly Aadland
Girl (uncredited)
Mother (uncredited)
Jeanne Bates
Mother (uncredited)
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