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Room at the Top is a 1959 British drama film based on the 1957 novel of the same name by John Braine. It was adapted by Neil Paterson (with uncredited work by Mordecai Richler), directed by Jack Clayton (his feature-length debut), and produced by John and James Woolf.
Title: Room at the Top. Summary: An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman. Directed by: Jack Clayton. Actors: Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears. Production Company: Romulus Films.
- 117 min
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An ambitious young man from a poor family, gets a job in a mill town in Northern England. He woos the daughter of the richest man in town, but he also falls in love with a married woman with whom...
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- Laurence Harvey
- Jack Clayton
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Room at the Top was adapted from John Braine’s first novel, about an ambitious young man in a local government office in a large and bleak northern town who makes a set for a wealthy industrialist’s daughter, and - when thwarted - turns to an older married woman.
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
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Based on the best-selling novel by John Braine, Room At The Top was Jack Clayton’s debut feature and is widely regarded as the film that kickstarted the British New Wave. Starring Laurence Harvey ( Women of Twilight, The Silent Enemy ), Simone Signoret ( Les Diaboliques, Ship of Fools ), Heather Sears ( The Story of Esther Costello, The ...
