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room at the top (1959)

Original title: room at the top
Production: UK|117 min| black and white
Dramatic, Comedy, Romantic
Poster of movie room at the top
an ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.

Festivals and awards

Oscar 1960 - logo Oscar Best Adapted Screenplay
Assigned to: Neil Paterson
Oscar 1960 - logo Oscar Best Actress in a Leading Role
Assigned to: Simone Signoret
Cannes Festival 1959 - logo Cannes Festival Prix d'interprétation féminine
Assigned to: Simone Signoret

Direction

Jack ClaytonJack Clayton: regista

Production and Screenplay

Mordecai Richler: sceneggiatore
Raymond Anzarut: produttore
Neil Paterson: sceneggiatore
John Woolf: produttore
James Woolf: produttore

Interpreters and Characters

Simone SignoretSimone Signoret(età:38)
(alice aisgill)
Laurence HarveyLaurence Harvey(età:31)
(Joe Lampton)
Heather SearsHeather Sears(età:24)
(susan brown)
Heather SearsHeather Sears(età:24)
(ereditiera)
Donald WolfitDonald Wolfit(età:57)
(mr. brown)
Donald HoustonDonald Houston
(charles soames)
Allan CuthbertsonAllan Cuthbertson(età:39)
(George Aisgill)
Hermione BaddeleyHermione Baddeley(età:53)
(elspeth)
Wendy CraigWendy Craig(età:25)
(Joan)
Ian HendryIan Hendry(età:28)
(cyril)
Delena KiddDelena Kidd(età:24)
(Eva)
Derren Nesbitt(età:24)
Miriam Karlin
Prunella ScalesPrunella Scales(età:27)
Sheila RaynorSheila Raynor(età:53)
Julian Somers(età:56)
Mary Peach(età:25)
Avril ElgarAvril Elgar(età:27)
Derek Benfield(età:33)
Wilfrid Lawson
Jack HedleyJack Hedley(età:29)
Brian Worth
John Welsh(età:55)
Basil DignamBasil Dignam(età:54)
Raymond Huntley
Ambrosine PhillpottsAmbrosine Phillpotts(età:47)
Beatrice Varley
Anthony Newlands(età:34)
Richard Pasco(età:33)
Stephen Jack(età:57)
Doreen Dawn(età:36)
Paul Whitsun-jonesPaul Whitsun-jones(età:36)
John Moulder-brown(età:6)
Richard Caldicot(età:51)
Bill Morgan
John Westbrook(età:37)
Ruth Kettlewell(età:46)
Isla Cameron(età:32)
April Olrich(età:26)
Janina Faye(età:11)
Jane Eccles(età:64)
Yvonne Buckingham
May Hallatt(età:83)
Anne Leon(età:34)
Gilda Emmanuelli
Michael Atkinson(età:32)
ManAndrew Irvine(età:17)
Everley GreggEverley Gregg(età:59)
Hyma Beckley(età:48)
Kenneth Waller(età:32)
Honora Burke
Katharine Page(età:51)
Edward Palmer(età:49)
Pamela Manson(età:31)
Pat Lanski
Thelma Ruby
Robert Palmer
Kendrick Owen
Harry Moore
Hazel Sutton

Technical staff

Freddie FrancisFreddie Francis: direttore della fotografia
Mario NascimbeneMario Nascimbene: musiche
Ralph Kemplen: montatore
Tony Sforzini: truccatore
Ralph W. brinton: scenografo