Room at the Top

1959 - ENGLISH - MOVIE

Drama Romance

The English factory town is dreary but Joe Lampton has landed a job with a future. To have something to do at night he joins a theatrical group. His boss s daughter Susan is playing ingenue roles on stage and in real life. She is attracted to Joe and Joe thinks about how much faster he will get ahead if he is the boss s son-in-law. This plan is complicated by his strong desire to be with an older woman who also belongs to the theatrical group. She is French and unhappily married. Joe believes he can get away with ing both women. Written by Dale O Connor Room at the Top is a 1959 English-language Drama Romance motion picture featuring Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Hermione Baddeley, Donald Houston and Brian Worth. The movie is inspired from Room at the Top by John Braine. Romulus Films was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) John Woolf and James Woolf. The movie is directed by Jack Clayton. British Lion Films acquired the distribution rights for the film. Room at the Top was released on 22nd January 1959 and takes a screen time of 115 minutes. and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. Room at the Top was made on a budget of £0 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $2 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Neil Paterson and Mordecai Richler. Cinematography was done by Freddie Francis and editing by Ralph Kemplen. The music was composed by Mario Nascimbene.
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desolate complicated humiliating uncompromising vigorous
  • Jini Score
    9.9/10
  • Critics Score
    76%
  • Rating
    7.6/10
  • Jini Score
    9.9%
  • Critics Score
    76
  • Rating
    7.6
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Release Date22 JAN 1959
BudgetGBP 0 MILLION
Language

French, English

Genre

Drama , Romance

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Room at the Top Reviews and Ratings

Average Review Rating : positive

85.28%

Positive Review Rating : 76%

76%
    • Nominations: Best Picture, Director, Actor (Laurence Harvey), Supp. ( Read More )
    • A.H. Weiler

      Jack Claytons vigorous and discerning direction has involved them in more than just a routine romantic drama. ( Read More )
    • Dennis Schwartz

      Time has rained on its parade and it seems less daring when viewed today. ( Read More )
    • 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 movies potency. ( Read More )
    • 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 ( Read More )
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