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Audiences rate it 47 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Successful businessman Joe Lampton is married to the wealthy Susan, has two children, and lives in the mill town of Warley in northern England. But his career seems to have plateaued, leaving him disillusioned. This feeling is only exacerbated when he discovers his wife's infidelity with local man Mark. So he takes up with attractive TV host Norah and moves with her to London, aiming to reignite the fire that drove him to the top.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes20%
Audiences rate it 47 points higher than critics do.
17 audience votes
Key crew
- Mordecai RichlerScreenplay
- Ted KotcheffDirector
- Richard AddinsellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Laurence HarveyJoe Lampton
- Jean SimmonsSusan Lampton
- Honor BlackmanNorah Hauxley
- Michael CraigMark
- Donald WolfitAbe Brown
- Robert MorleyTiffield
- Margaret JohnstonSybil
- Ambrosine PhillpottsMrs. Margaret Brown
- Allan CuthbertsonGeorge Aisgill
- Paul A. MartinHarry
- Frances CosslettBarbara
- Ian ShandRalph Hethersett
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Themes
adulterybased on novel or booktextile industrybad father-in-lawsequelyorkshirebritish high societykitchen sink realism