'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.

Features the first open reference to the sex act in a British film.

At 2 minutes and 19 seconds, Hermione Baddeley's performance is the shortest Oscar-nominated performance in movie history.

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 replaced Peter Glenville as director.