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Room at the Top
1959 1h 55m Not Rated
Romance
,
Drama
7.5
100%
81%
69%
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An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter despite falling in love with a married older woman.
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Directed By
Jack Clayton
Written By
Mordecai Richler
Studio
Romulus Films
,
Remus
Cast of Room at the Top
Laurence Harvey
Joe Lampton
Simone Signoret
Alice Aisgill
Heather Sears
Susan Brown
Donald Wolfit
Mr. Brown
Donald Houston
Charles Soames
Hermione Baddeley
Elspeth
Beatrice Varley
Aunt
Allan Cuthbertson
George Aisgill
Raymond Huntley
Mr. Hoylake
John Westbrook
Jack Wales
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Mrs. Brown
Richard Pasco
Teddy
Delena Kidd
Eva
Ian Hendry
Cyril
April Olrich
Mavis
Mary Peach
June Samson
Anthony Newlands
Bernard
Avril Elgar
Miss Gilchrist
Thelma Ruby
Miss Breith
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Laughing Man at Bar
Derren Nesbitt
Thug in Fight On Tow Path
Wendy Craig
Joan (uncredited)
Prunella Scales
Council Office Worker (uncredited)
Derek Benfield
Man in Bar (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco
Pub Customer (uncredited)
Miriam Karlin
Gertrude (uncredited)
Michael Atkinson
Grant (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley
Civic Ball Attendee (uncredited)
Allan Bracewell
Middle Aged Man (uncredited)
Bonita Bridgeman
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Yvonne Buckingham
Girl at Window (uncredited)
Honora Burke
Plump Woman (uncredited)
Richard Caldicot
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Isla Cameron
Thespians Member (uncredited)
Angela Culbert
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Doreen Dawn
High Stepping Girl (uncredited)
Basil Dignam
Priest (uncredited)
Jane Eccles
Mrs Thompson (uncredited)
Gilda Emmanuelli
Ethel (uncredited)
Janina Faye
Young Girl (uncredited)
Kathleen Fox
Bridesmaid (uncredited)
Alex Graham
Barman at Ball (uncredited)
Everley Gregg
Mayoress (uncredited)
Robert Gregory
Diner at Conservative Club (uncredited)
Anne Gunning
Girl in Sports Car (uncredited)
May Hallatt
Miss Tanfield (uncredited)
Jack Hedley
Architect (uncredited)
Hubert Hill
Barman (uncredited)
Stephen Jack
Darnley (uncredited)
Ruth Kettlewell
Thespians Member (uncredited)
Pat Lanski
Girl Guide Leader (uncredited)
Wilfrid Lawson
Uncle Nat (uncredited)
Anne Leon
Janet (uncredited)
Denis Linford
Harry (uncredited)
Pamela Manson
Thespians Member (uncredited)
Harry Moore
Thespians Member (uncredited)
John Moulder-Brown
Urchin (uncredited)
Katharine Page
Mary (uncredited)
Edward Palmer
Porter (uncredited)
Robert Palmer
Tough (uncredited)
Sheila Raynor
Vera (uncredited)
Julian Somers
St Clair (uncredited)
Hazel Sutton
Blonde (uncredited)
John Tatham
Pub Customer (uncredited)
Reg Thomason
Man Backstage (uncredited)
James Ure
Waiter at Conservative Club (uncredited)
Kenneth Waller
Reggie (uncredited)
John Welsh
Mayor (uncredited)
Brian Worth
Man in Sports Car (uncredited)
Room at the Top Reviews
Common Sense Media
Kat Halstead
Classic portrayal of ruthless ambition has sex and violence.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Complicated characters, a searing indictment of upper-crust snobbery, and a startling sexual frankness for its time (an X rating in the UK, banned in several cities in the US) all contribute to this movie's potency.
Film Threat
Phil Hall
One of the most important films in the history of British cinema.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Time has rained on its parade and it seems less daring when viewed today.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
A seminal work that introduced the new British social realism tradition, this superbly acted film is an uncompromising indictment of the British class system; it launched the career of Jack Clayton, in his feature debut, as a new significant voice
Goatdog's Movies
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Probably the best acting Harvey ever did.
4Columns
Melissa Anderson
One of the bleakest movies I know, Room at the Top also ranks among the sultriest: a wildfire smoldering in a desolate landscape. Director Jack Clayton deftly showcases the lust-drunk faces and entangled bodies of protagonists Joe and Alice.
New York Times
A.H. Weiler
Basically cheerless and somber, but it has a strikingly effective view.
The New Leader
Manny Farber
Room has a tricked-up impressiveness that holds the spectator's mind long after the movie's windup.
Backseat Mafia
Rob Aldam
Harvey impresses, but it's Signoret, giving one of her career best performances, who shines.
Screen Slate
Patrick Dahl
Francis and Clayton swing and glide their furtive camera through exquisitely blocked scenes in which characters are handsomely planted across multiple planes like a topiary.
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