# Room at the Top

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 Release Date: 22 January 1959 (UK) Aspect Ratio: 1.66 : 1 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. His boss's daughter Susan is playing ingenue roles on stage and in real life. She is attracted to Joe and Joe thinks about how much faster he will get ahead if he is the boss's son-in-law. This plan is complicated by his strong desire to be with an older woman who also belongs to the theatrical group. She is French and unhappily married. Joe believes he can get away with seeing both women.

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1959
- By: Romulus Films
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/ROOMATTHETOP_201601)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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