Summary
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: December 29, 1958
Runtime: 115 minutes
Genres: Drama, Romance
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 6.9/10 (138 votes)
At The Top Collection
Life at the Top
Successful businessman Joe Lampton is married to the wealthy Susan, has two children, and lives in the mill town of Warley in northern England. But his career seems to have plateaued, leaving him disillusioned. This feeling is only exacerbated when he discovers his wife's infidelity with local man Mark. So he takes up with attractive TV host Norah and moves with her to London, aiming to reignite the fire that drove him to the top.
Room at the Top
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
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Cast
Laurence Harvey
Joe Lampton
Simone Signoret
Alice Aisgill
Heather Sears
Susan Brown
Donald Wolfit
Mr. Brown
Donald Houston
Charles Soames
Hermione Baddeley
Elspeth
Beatrice Varley
Aunt
Allan Cuthbertson
George Aisgill
Raymond Huntley
Mr. Hoylake
John Westbrook
Jack Wales
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Mrs. Brown
Richard Pasco
Teddy
Ian Hendry
Cyril
Mary Peach
June Samson
Anthony Newlands
Bernard
Avril Elgar
Miss Gilchrist
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Laughing Man at Bar
Derren Nesbitt
Thug in Fight On Tow Path
Wendy Craig
Joan (uncredited)
Prunella Scales
Council Office Worker (uncredited)
Derek Benfield
Man in Bar (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco
Pub Customer (uncredited)
Miriam Karlin
Gertrude (uncredited)
Yvonne Buckingham
Girl at Window (uncredited)
Richard Caldicot
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Basil Dignam
Priest (uncredited)
Janina Faye
Young Girl (uncredited)
Everley Gregg
Mayoress (uncredited)
May Hallatt
Miss Tanfield (uncredited)
Jack Hedley
Architect (uncredited)
Ruth Kettlewell
Thespians Member (uncredited)
Wilfrid Lawson
Uncle Nat (uncredited)
John Moulder-Brown
Urchin (uncredited)
Katharine Page
Mary (uncredited)
Sheila Raynor
Vera (uncredited)
Julian Somers
St Clair (uncredited)
Kenneth Waller
Reggie (uncredited)
John Welsh
Mayor (uncredited)
Brian Worth
Man in Sports Car (uncredited)