Room at the Top (1959)

Directed by

Jack Clayton

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 145 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man from a working class background tries to rise in a small English town by pursuing relationships with two women. One is a wealthy young socialite and the other is an older married woman. His ambition sets off a painful chain of events.

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What happens

Room at the Top is a 1958 British drama film based on the 1957 novel 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. The film stars Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Donald Houston, and Hermione Baddeley. The film was widely lauded, and it was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning two: Best Actress (Signoret) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Paterson). Its other nominations at the 32nd Academy Awards were for Best Picture, Best Director (Clayton), Best Actor (Harvey), and Best Supporting Actress (Baddeley). Baddeley's performance, consisting of 2 minutes and 19 seconds of screen time, is the shortest ever to be nominated for an acting Oscar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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