Life at the Top (1965)
1h 57m
Running Time
December 14, 1965Release Date
Life at the Top (1965)
1h 57m
Running Time
December 14, 1965Release Date
Plot.
Successful businessman Joe Lampton is married to the wealthy Susan, has two children, and lives in the mill town of Warley in northern England. But his career seems to have plateaued, leaving him disillusioned. This feeling is only exacerbated when he discovers his wife's infidelity with local man Mark. So he takes up with attractive TV host Norah and moves with her to London, aiming to reignite the fire that drove him to the top.
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Cast & Crew.
Laurence Harvey
Joe Lampton
Jean Simmons
Susan Lampton
Honor Blackman
Norah Hauxley
Michael Craig
Mark
Donald Wolfit
Abe Brown
Robert Morley
Tiffield
Margaret Johnston
Sybil
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Mrs. Margaret Brown
Allan Cuthbertson
George Aisgill
Paul A. Martin
Harry
Frances Cosslett
Barbara
Ian Shand
Ralph Hethersett
George A. Cooper
Graffham
Nigel Davenport
Mottram
Andrew Laurence
McLelland
Geoffrey Bayldon
Industrial Psychologist
Denis Quilley
Ben
David Oxley
Tim
David McKail
Oscar
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Keatley
Charles Lamb
Wincastle
Michael Newport
Newspaper Boy
Richard Leech
Doctor
Ingrid Anthofer
Stripper
Harry Fowler
Magic Beans Man
Lewis Alexander
Sherry Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Armstrong
Pub Customer (uncredited)
Rex Arundel
Lord Mayor (uncredited)
Joe Beckett
Board Member (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley
Sherry Party Guest (uncredited)
Ernest Blyth
Election Agent (uncredited)
Mark Burns
Tiffield Interview Panel (uncredited)
Robin Burns
Art Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)
Pauline Chamberlain
Woman at Party (uncredited)
Mark Colleano
Bit Part (uncredited)
Peter Evans
Man at Party (uncredited)
Edward Fox
Office Supervisor (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Board Member (uncredited)
Aileen Lewis
Sherry Party Guest (uncredited)
Richard Neller
Election Agent (uncredited)
Dido Plumb
Art Exhibitor Visitor (uncredited)
Philip Stone
Tiffield Interview Panel (uncredited)
John Tatham
Gambler (uncredited)
Lockwood West
Board Member (uncredited)
Richard Addinsell
Original Music Composer
Derek York
Editor
Mordecai Richler
Screenplay
Ted Kotcheff
Director
Edward Marshall
Art Direction
Jenia Reissar
Casting
James Woolf
Producer
Oswald Morris
Director of Photography
John Braine
Novel
Saul Cooper
Unit Publicist
Phyllis Crocker
Continuity
Maurice Gillett
Electrician
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 14, 1965
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
adultery
based on novel or book
textile industry
bad father-in-law
yorkshire
sequel
british high society
kitchen sink realism
Wiki.
Life at the Top is a 1965 British drama film, a production of Romulus Films released by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was by Mordecai Richler, based on the 1962 novel Life at the Top by John Braine, and is a sequel to the film Room at the Top (1959). It was directed by Ted Kotcheff and produced by James Woolf, with William Kirby as associate producer. The music score was by Richard Addinsell and the cinematography by Oswald Morris. The film's art director, Edward Marshall, received a 1966 BAFTA Award nomination.
The film stars Laurence Harvey, once again playing Joe Lampton, with Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman and Michael Craig. Four actors reprised their roles from Room at the Top: Harvey, Donald Wolfit, Ambrosine Phillpotts and Allan Cuthbertson.
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