A Room At The Top (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

Directed by Jack Clayton

Starring: Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Ambrosine Philpotts, Donald Houston, John Westbrook, Allan Cuthbertson, Mary Peach, Hermione Baddeley, Thelma Ruby
Contributors: John Woolf, James Woolf, Neil Paterson, Freddie Francis, Mario Nascimbene
Studio: StudioCanal
Genre: Modern Classic
Main Language: English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 11 Mar 2024
Originally Issued: 1959
No of Discs: 1
BBFC Cert: (12) Suitable for 12 years and over.
Run Time: 113 minutes

Description

Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret star in this drama directed by Jack Clayton. When Joe Lampton (Harvey) secures employment in the Borough Treasurer's Department, he is determined to move up the social ladder and become more than his working class background has afforded him the chance to be thus far. In his attempts at promotion he strikes up a relationship with the boss's daughter Susan (Heather Sears).

However, whenever Susan's family find out about Joe's interest they send her abroad and soon Joe begins an affair with a married older woman named Alice (Signoret). As his personal passions hinder his social ambition, Joe must decide whether to conform or be true to his own desires.

Special Features

• Interactive Menus
• Bonus Footage
• Trailers
• Behind The Scenes
• Interviews: Extract from BEHP Audio interview with Sir John Woolf
• Commentary: Jo Botting; Neil Sinyard
• Other Documentary: Delena Kidd On 'Room at the Top'