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Summaries. An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter despite falling in love with a married older woman. The English factory town is dreary but Joe Lampton has landed a job with a future. To have something to do at night, he joins a theatrical group.
Room at the Top is a novel by John Braine, first published in the United Kingdom by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1957, about an ambitious young working-class man who juggles sexual relationships with two middle-class women in a northern town in post-war England.
- John Braine
- United Kingdom
- 1957
- 256 pp
Title: Room at the Top. Summary: An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman. Directed by: Jack Clayton. Actors: Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears. Production Company: Romulus Films.
- 117 min
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Summary. Characters. Questions & Answers. Critical Essays. Analysis. Places Discussed. PDF Cite. Warley. Town in Yorkshire’s West Riding district that is the center of a prosperous woolen mill...
14 dic 2021 · Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears. Running time. 117 minutes. This drama of social mobility in a northern factory town proved a landmark British film thanks to director Jack Clayton’s mature treatment of sexuality and class.
20 giu 2009 · Room at the Top has suffered at the hands of certain British critics on the grounds of its alleged omissions, not least because it was not directed by the usual suspects of Tony Richardson,...
Room at the Top is a 1959 British drama film based on the 1957 novel of the same name by John Braine. It was adapted by Neil Paterson (with uncredited work by Mordecai Richler), directed by Jack Clayton (his feature-length debut), and produced by John and James Woolf.
