Dawn breaks and as the four men stumble into the office they are each greeted with the surprising revelation that the office has been robbed. Much to everyone's demise, particularly Roma who just recently sealed the deal on Lingk's contract, the four men walk about in pontification and angst awaiting their fate. Not wanting any slacker's on the job, Williamson ironically hands the men more useless leads, which, in conjunction with an insulting interview by the police, provokes Dave into a rage-filled stormy exit from the office. Meanwhile Roma, George, and Shelley await interrogation. As George sits nervously by. the audience is half suspecting him to be the guilty perpetrator, half unsure, while the confident Roma walks staunchly around the office berating his insults to his incompetent boss and Shelley sits by with a desperate look on his face.

One by one the men will be interrogated. But first Roma has to address the precarious presence of his latest client, Mr. Lingk, whose visit to the office spells anything but good news. As Shelley leaps to his saving grace together he and Roma try to con Lingk into keeping the investment. But when the police officer requests Shelley by name to Lingk's surprise, as he suspected him to be someone else, and Williamson steps in and blows Roma's sale, fireworks ignite in the dog eat dog mayhem of the fragile office. As Lingk scurries out of the office with Roma insulting Williamson's ignorance, a loyal Shelley steps in to defend his coworker in a means to avenge Williamson's unjust treatment to himself the previous night. But as anyone knows, salesmen have big mouths, and in the myriad of contrivances and lies that makes up their sales pitch its only a matter of time before the truth eventually comes out. And for a salesman, the truth is never a good thing, unless you're Ricky Roma.

A screenplay adaptation of the Pulitzer winning play, "Glengarry Glen Ross" is a heart racing, head pounding whirl wind of one-liners, sales pitches, dirty deeds, undermining, conniving, and other visions of controversial professional tactics. It's 'all for one and one for one' in this world of greed, money, and relentless competition and pressure that provokes even the most moral of men to devolve into a selfish mercenary prospect only out for themselves and ready to undermine anyone and anything that gets in the way of their next commission check.

Like its groundbreaking precedents, "Death to a Salesman" and "Salesman", the film exposes the highly controversial lifestyle of the profession and it's less than noble moral sentiments. Mamet's screenplay, much like its original play script, is unparalleled in its vivid brilliance, its racy pace and its tension-evoking dialogue (prose) that screams of competition, greed, lust, manipulation, money, and most of all, lies. One after the next each man spews forth a list of contrived scenarios attempting to bamboozle the next helpless victim. Brilliantly Mamet creates the perfect script that illuminates the tenuous discrepancy between detesting these slimy men and their ruthless tactics, and pitying them for being helplessly dependent upon acquiescing to the requests of their superiors, at any cost, so as to support their families and pay the rent. A salesman relies on his sales speech and "Glengarry Glen Ross" bluntly exposes just how contrived and far from the truth that speech most often is.

Never was a more solid cast united for a production as Oscar winning actors mingle and banter their way through an intensely dark drama, almost black comedy, if you will. From Pacino's compelling performance as the intimidating yet straight-shooting, as straight as you can be in the profession, salesman, to Lemmon's portrayal of the aged and desperate salesman holding on by a thin thread, to Ed Harris's portrayal of the rebelliously cocky youth, to Alan Arkin's performace as the worrisome and contemplative salesman, the four men shine in their roles as victimized dirty scoundrels. Adding to the star power is the captivating performance of Kevin Spacey as the part ignorant, part inept, part desperate, yet iron-fisted and seemingly good intentioned boss, John Williamson. Though his hard-knuckled ways seem to screw his employees, so too does he adhere to the moral principles of his position, in a sense. Of course the most delightful, yet disarming performance was the brief cameo of Alec Baldwin as the odious Blake. Dancing across the screen in silk suit, gold watch, and slicked-back hair, Baldwin musters the energy and the slime necessary to portray the ultimate icon of the nefariously ruthless salesman.

A highly controversial and political film, "Glengarry Glen Ross" is a dizzying journey into the verbal chaos of a salesman life where, even in the off hours, he never fully abandons his sales pitch. "Glengarry Glen Ross" was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (Al Pacino). The film also received 3 other critical film awards including the Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actor (Jack Lemmon), the Valladolid International Film Festival Best Actor Award (Jack Lemmon, Al Pacino, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin, and Jonathan Pryce), and the National Board of Review, USA's Award for Best Actor (Jack Lemmon). The film also garnered another 3 critical film association nominations.

Main Characters:

Jack Lemmon plays Shelley 'the Machine' Lavine, an aged salesman desperate to keep his job and pull enough cash to help his ailing daughter.

Al Pacino plays Ricky Roma, the ambivalently leading salesman whose calculating and triumphant sales tactics have garnered the, not altogether favorable, attention of fellow employees.

Alan Arkin plays George Aaronow, the overly nervous salesman.

Ed Harris plays Dave Moss, the begrudging salesman with a dirty plan.

Kevin Spacey plays John Williamson, the incompetent superior.

Alec Baldwin plays Blake, the odious representative of Mitch and Murray Inc.

Jonathan Pryce plays James Lingk, Roma's latest ambivalent sale whose investment promises a guaranteed first place in the monthly sales contest along with a new car.