Directed by:
Jack ClaytonCinematography:
Freddie FrancisComposer:
Mario NascimbeneCast:
Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Donald Houston, Hermione Baddeley, Derren Nesbitt, John Westbrook, Jack Hedley, Ian Hendry (more)Plots(1)
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. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Simone Signoret](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/381/164381939_9cc7fc.png)
Simone Signoret
German Empire
Best movies:
I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
The Confession (1970)
The Cat (1971)
![Laurence Harvey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272354_024a31.jpg)
Laurence Harvey
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
Room at the Top (1959)
![Heather Sears](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160101_b27b78.jpg)
Heather Sears
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
The Black Torment (1964)
![Donald Wolfit](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281120_adcfa2.jpg)
Donald Wolfit
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Becket (1964)
Room at the Top (1959)
![Donald Houston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455779_d217ab.jpg)
Donald Houston
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
![Hermione Baddeley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/525/161525848_f2df27.jpg)
Hermione Baddeley
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Mary Poppins (1964)
![Derren Nesbitt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/383/161383685_d8a599.jpg)
Derren Nesbitt
UK
Best movies:
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
Room at the Top (1959)
![John Westbrook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/690/160690205_f2039b.jpg)
John Westbrook
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
![Jack Hedley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/612/162612078_824a16.jpg)
Jack Hedley
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Longest Day (1962)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
![Ian Hendry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/160/117160102_b5f26c.jpg)
Ian Hendry
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Room at the Top (1959)
The Internecine Project (1974)
![Wendy Craig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/279/279636_07b088.jpg)
Wendy Craig
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004) (series)
![John Moulder-Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/227/163227838_4c83ba.jpg)
John Moulder-Brown
UK
Best movies:
The Boys of Paul Street (1969)
Becket (1964)
Room at the Top (1959)
![Wilfrid Lawson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307318_d2437e.jpg)
Wilfrid Lawson
UK
Best movies:
Becket (1964)
Room at the Top (1959)
Hell Drivers (1957)
Richard Pasco
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)
![Anthony Newlands](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/528/158528915_2b1972.jpg)
Anthony Newlands
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
Kaleidoscope (1966)
![Allan Cuthbertson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298351_dfccce.jpg)
Allan Cuthbertson
Australia
Best movies:
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Room at the Top (1959)
Freud (1962)
Mary Peach
South Africa
Best movies:
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Room at the Top (1959)
Scrooge (1970)
![Raymond Huntley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/634/160634267_037632.jpg)
Raymond Huntley
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
Breathless (1960)
The Dam Busters (1955)
Miriam Karlin
UK
Best movies:
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Room at the Top (1959)
Children of Men (2006)
Paul Whitsun-Jones
UK
Best movies:
What's Good for the Goose (1969)
Room at the Top (1959)
Tunes of Glory (1960)