Room at the Top
- Original title
- Room at the Top
- Year
- 1959
- Running time
- 115 min.
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Neil Paterson. Novel: John Braine
- Cast
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- Simone Signoret
- Laurence Harvey
- Heather Sears
- Hermione Baddeley
- Donald Houston
- Donald Wolfit
- Ambrostine Phillpotts
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- Music
- Cinematography
Freddie Francis (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Free Cinema. 1940s
- Synopsis
- 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 seeing both women.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1959: 2 Academy Awards: Actress (Simone Signoret), Adapted Screenplay. 6 Nominations1959: Golden Globes: Best Foreign Picture (Samuel Goldwyn Award)1958: BAFTA Awards: Best Film, British Film, Foreign Actress (Signoret). 7 Nominations1959: National Board of Review: Top Best Foreign Language Films and Actress1959: New York Film Critics Circle: 4 Nominations, incl. Best Film & Best Director1959: Cannes Film Festival: Award for Best Actress. 2 nominations
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