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Room at the Top (1959)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1959 Wide

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Ruthless young working-class Englishman Laurence Harvey takes a job in a North Country village controlled by millionaire Donald Wolfit. Harvey resents Wolfit's class consciousness and vows to rise to the top by wooing the millionaire's daughter, Heather Sears. Meanwhile he has an affair with Frenchwoman Simone Signoret. Though he regards Signoret as a mere self-gratifying conquest, she takes their romance seriously enough to kill herself when Harvey impregnates Field. Only as he leaves the

Unrated, 1 hr. 58 min.

Drama, Romance, Classics

Directed By: Jack Clayton

Written By: Neil Paterson, Mordecai Richler

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1959 Wide

On DVD: Dec 7, 1999

Lion International Films

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All Critics (15) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (0) | DVD (3)

One of the most important films in the history of British cinema.

October 15, 2010 Full Review Source: Film Threat

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Phil Hall

Film Threat

Time has rained on its parade and it seems less daring when viewed today.

September 7, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A seminal work that introduced the new British social realism tradition, this superbly acted film is an uncompromising indictment of the British class system; it launched the career of Jack Clayton, in his feature debut, as a new significant voice

December 22, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Probably the best acting Harvey ever did.

February 28, 2002 Full Review Source: Goatdog's Movies

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Michael W. Phillips, Jr.

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Beautiful performance by Simone Signoret, completely deserving of the Oscar awarded, and perhaps a career best one from Laurence Harvey in this fine examination of naked ambition, wrong choices and the price paid for them.

August 28, 2008

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A powerful, influential movie. The launch point of the British New Wave, "Room at the Top" is more conventionally made than many of the '60s "kitchen sink" films that followed in its wake, yet its emotional punch is as hard as any works of its genre. A great script, and great acting from top to bottom. Laurence Harvey

January 8, 2012