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Room at the Top

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United Kingdom · 1959
1h 55m
Director Jack Clayton
Starring Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit
Genre Drama, Romance

In a dreary English factory town in the 1940s, Joe is an ambitious young accountant who plans to marry Susan, a local magnate’s daughter, solely for the sake of getting ahead. But after Susan’s father sends her abroad, Joe turns to Alice — an older woman in an unhappy marriage — for comfort.

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In retrospect, this adaptation of John Braine's Bradford-set novel, with its moral melodramatics as Laurence Harvey cheats his way to success (a good marriage) via the death of his 'true love' and the bed of his mistress (Signoret), may not stand the test of time. But it remains intriguing as a sort of Brief Encounter, '50s-style.

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