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Life at the Top is a British film of genre Drama directed by Ted Kotcheff released in USA on 14 december 1965 with Laurence Harvey
Life at the Top (1965)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 14 december 1965
Length 1h57
Directed by Ted Kotcheff
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Drama
Rating66%
Life at the Top is a 1965 drama film, a production of Romulus Films released by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was by Mordecai Richler, based on the 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.
Synopsis
In Room at the Top Joe Lampton's escape from his working-class background through his seduction of, and marriage to, the daughter of a wealthy mill owner had been portrayed.Actors
Laurence Harvey
(Joe Lampton)
Jean Simmons
(Susan Lampton)
Honor Blackman
(Norah Hauxley)
Michael Craig
(Mark)
Edward Fox
(Office Supervisor)
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