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Life at the Top (1965)

Movie"The more they live it up the more they have to live it down!"
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Life at the Top
NR 1 hr 57 minDec 14th, 1965DramaAt The Top Collection PosterPart of At The Top Collection
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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.
StarringLaurence HarveyJean SimmonsHonor Blackman
DirectorTed Kotcheff

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 14th, 1965
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Romulus Films
Movie Tags:
based on novel or booksequeladulteryyorkshirekitchen sink realismtextile industrybad father-in-lawbritish high society

At The Top Collection

Room at the Top is a 1959 British drama film based on the 1957 novel of the same name by John Braine. The film was widely lauded, and was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning two. Room at the Top is seen as the first of the British New Wave of kitchen-sink-realism film dramas. It was followed by a sequel in 1965 entitled Life at the Top.