Movie
Room at the Top
Overview
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
Details
- Release date
- 1958-12-29
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Romulus Films, Remus
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Laurence Harvey as Joe Lampton
- Simone Signoret as Alice Aisgill
- Heather Sears as Susan Brown
- Donald Wolfit as Mr. Brown
- Donald Houston as Charles Soames
- Hermione Baddeley as Elspeth
- Beatrice Varley as Aunt
- Allan Cuthbertson as George Aisgill
- Raymond Huntley as Mr. Hoylake
- John Westbrook as Jack Wales
- Ambrosine Phillpotts as Mrs. Brown
- Richard Pasco as Teddy
Crew
- Jack Clayton - Director
- Mordecai Richler - Writer
- Neil Paterson - Screenplay
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