Times are tough in a Chicago office; the salesmen (Shelley Levene, Ricky Roma, Dave Moss, and George Aaronow) are given a strong incentive by Blake to succeed in a sales contest. The prizes? First prize is a Cadillac Eldorado, second prize is a set of steak knives, third prize is the sack! There is no room for losers in this dramatically masculine world; only "closers" will get the good sales leads. There is a lot of pressure to succeed, so a robbery is committed which has unforseen consequences for all the characters. it's a rainy night at the tired firm of John Williamson's (Kevin Spacey) when Blake (Alec Baldwin arrives to give the loser salesmen there a pep talk on how to sell right. Blake's angry rantings offend George (Alan Arkin), upset Dave (Ed Harris) and annoy Shelley (Jack Lemmon), but none can complain because Blake has proposed a contest: whoever can sell the most leads in the following week gets the "golden" Glengarry leads that Blake brought in with him. Immediately after Blake leaves propositions for deals and robbery arise, but all the while Ricky Roma (Al Pacino is across the street selling to nervous James Lingk (Johnathan Pryce). The tensions fire in an explosive climax the next morning when the four employees show up at the firm only to find that the Glengarry leads have been stolen and Williamson is desperate to find out who did it.

release year: 1992

star(s): Al Pacino    Alec Baldwin    Ed Harris    Kevin Spacey