Title: Room at the Top
Original Title: Room at the Top
Year: 1959
Info
- Country: UK
- Length: 117 Minutes (1 hour 57 min)
- Genre: Drama Romance
- Studios: Romulus Films
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: January 22 1959
- United States: March 30 1959
Plot
The city dedicated to the secondary sector is gray and sad, but the protagonist of this film, Joe Lampton, has managed to find a job that seems to have a future. In order to have the nights occupied, he joins a theatrical group. The daughter of her boss, named Susan, plays witty roles both on stage and in her daily life. From the beginning, Susan is attracted to Joe, and in that relationship the protagonist sees an opportunity to quickly climb positions by being the boss's son-in-law. His whole plan is complicated when he realizes that he feels a strong desire to be with a woman older than he who also belongs to the theater group. She is French, and unfortunately she is married. Joe decides that he wants to get away with it, and that he has to see both women in parallel.
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Trivia
Second french actress Oscar winner
With her Oscar win, Simone Signoret became the second French actress to win the Academy Award (Claudette Colbert was the first in 1934).
The shortest Oscar-nominated performance
At 2 minutes and 19 seconds, Hermione Baddeley's performance is the shortest Oscar-nominated performance in movie history.
Smoking is not good
The film was noted for the excessive amount of cigarette smoking. Both Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret died from smoking-related cancers.
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