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'Room at the Top' trivia and fun facts
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.
First sex reference
Features the first open reference to the sex act in a British film.
The shortest Oscar-nominated performance
At 2 minutes and 19 seconds, Hermione Baddeley's performance is the shortest Oscar-nominated performance in movie history.
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).
Jack Clayton is a replace
Jack Clayton replaced Peter Glenville as director.
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