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Room at the Top (1959)

★ 7.5Not Rated117 minDirector: Jack Clayton

1958 British film by Jack Clayton

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.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Room at the Top about?
Room at the Top (1959) — 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, who thinks about how much faste
Is Room at the Top based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Room at the Top scary?
Content rating: Not Rated. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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