Joe Lampton
Search results
Room at the Top is a 1959 British drama film based on the 1957 novel of the same name by John Braine. It was adapted by Neil Paterson (with uncredited work by Mordecai Richler), directed by Jack Clayton (his feature-length debut), and produced by John and James Woolf.
Title: Room at the Top. Summary: An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman. Directed by: Jack Clayton. Actors: Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears. Production Company: Romulus Films.
- 117 min
- 8.9K
Room at the Top (1958) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Released Mar 30, 1959 1h 58m Drama List 100% Tomatometer 24 Reviews 81% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings An ambitious young man from a poor family, gets a job in a mill town in Northern England.
- (23)
- Laurence Harvey
- Jack Clayton
- Remus
Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears. Running time. 117 minutes. This drama of social mobility in a northern factory town proved a landmark British film thanks to director Jack Clayton’s mature treatment of sexuality and class.
Dec 5, 2008 · Room at the Top (1959) deserves its reputation as one of the British cinema's most important films: It launched England's British New Wave, made Laurence Harvey a star, and broke new ground in the depiction of sex on the screen.
People also ask
What is the movie room at the top about?
When did room at the top come out?
Is room at the top a good movie?
Was room at the top released in India?
Set in an English factory town, "Room At The Top" tells the story of an ambitious, blue-collar cad named Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey), the film's anti-hero, attracted to two women. One woman is his boss's daughter; ergo, she is his ticket to a bright financial future.
