Room at the Top
1958 · Movie · 1h 55m · NR
DramaRomance
"A savage story of lust and ambition"
Overview
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
84/100
Key crew
- Jack ClaytonDirector
- Neil PatersonScreenplay
- Mordecai RichlerWriter
- Mario NascimbeneOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Laurence HarveyJoe Lampton
- Simone SignoretAlice Aisgill
- Heather SearsSusan Brown
- Donald WolfitMr. Brown
- Donald HoustonCharles Soames
- Hermione BaddeleyElspeth
- Beatrice VarleyAunt
- Allan CuthbertsonGeorge Aisgill
- Raymond HuntleyMr. Hoylake
- John WestbrookJack Wales
- Ambrosine PhillpottsMrs. Brown
- Richard PascoTeddy
Stills
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Themes
small townnorthern englandbased on novel or bookblackmailpregnancyassaultloss of virginityyorkshireguiltnew jobdrunkennesskitchen sink realism