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Life at the Top (1965)
Directed by Ted Kotcheff
“The more they live it up the more they have to live it down!”
Drama · 1h 57m
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.
Cast
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
P
Paul A. Martin
Harry
F
Frances Cosslett
Barbara
I
Ian Shand
Ralph Hethersett
Crew
- Director
- Ted Kotcheff
- Screenplay
- Mordecai Richler
- Novel
- John Braine
- Director of Photography
- Oswald Morris
- Original Music Composer
- Richard Addinsell
- Editor
- Derek York
- Producer
- James Woolf, John Woolf
Details
- Release date
- 1965-12-14
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Romulus Films