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Film · 1959

Room at the Top

Directed by Jack Clayton · starring Laurence Harvey, Hermione Baddeley and Jack Hedley

  • 1 h 57 min
  • 15
  • Drama · Romance
  • UK
  • Released in the UK 21 January 1959
  • 7.8 AverageMovieNCo
  • 7.5 Users1 vote
  • 8.0 Critics1 review
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Synopsis

The city dedicated to the secondary sector is gray and sad, but the protagonist of this film, Joe Lampton, has managed to find a job that seems to have a future. In order to have the nights occupied, he joins a theatrical group. The daughter of her boss, named Susan, plays witty roles both on stage and in her daily life. From the beginning, Susan is attracted to Joe, and in that relationship the protagonist sees an opportunity to quickly climb positions by being the boss's son-in-law. His whole plan is complicated when he realizes that he feels a strong desire to be with a woman older than he who also belongs to the theater group. She is French, and unfortunately she is married. Joe decides that he wants to get away with it, and that he has to see both women in parallel.

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The essentials

Runtime
117 min1 hour and 57 minutes
Rating
15Suitable only for 15 years and over
How long is Room at the Top?
1 hour and 57 minutes (117 minutes).
When was Room at the Top released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 21 January 1959.
Who directed Room at the Top?
Jack Clayton.
Who is in Room at the Top?
It stars Laurence Harvey, Hermione Baddeley, Jack Hedley and John Moulder-Brown.
Where can I watch Room at the Top?
In the UK you can watch it with a channel on Apple TV and a channel on Prime Video.
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Cast

Full cast (6)
Director
Jack Clayton

Photos and posters

All 42 photos

Reviews

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What the critics say 8.0, from one outlet

  • 8.0 New York TimesJ. Hoberman Room at the Top is quite conservative in its morality ? although its sledgehammer ending still packs an emotional wallop. Read

Soundtrack

All 2 songs
  1. Roses from the SouthArranged, Lambert Williamson Spotify
  2. The Wedding MarchArranged, Lambert Williamson Spotify

Trivia

  • The shortest Oscar-nominated performance

    At 2 minutes and 19 seconds, Hermione Baddeley's performance is the shortest Oscar-nominated performance in movie history.

  • Smoking is not good

    The film was noted for the excessive amount of cigarette smoking. Both Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret died from smoking-related cancers.

  • First sex reference

    Features the first open reference to the sex act in a British film.

  • Second french actress Oscar winner

    With her Oscar win, Simone Signoret became the second French actress to win the Academy Award (Claudette Colbert was the first in 1934).

  • Jack Clayton is a replace

    Jack Clayton replaced Peter Glenville as director.

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