Life at the Top (1965)

Directed by

Ted Kotcheff

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man reflects on his life after achieving the wealth and status he once craved. He finds that his success has not brought him happiness.

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What happens

Life at the Top is a 1965 British drama film, a production of Romulus Films released by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was by Mordecai Richler, based on the 1962 novel Life at the Top by John Braine, and is a sequel to the film Room at the Top (1959). It was directed by Ted Kotcheff and produced by James Woolf, with William Kirby as associate producer. The music score was by Richard Addinsell and the cinematography by Oswald Morris. The film's art director, Edward Marshall, received a 1966 BAFTA Award nomination. The film stars Laurence Harvey, once again playing Joe Lampton, with Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman and Michael Craig. Four actors reprised their roles from Room at the Top: Harvey, Donald Wolfit, Ambrosine Phillpotts and Allan Cuthbertson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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