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Room at the Top (1958)
Notable for many reasons but mostly for Simone Signoret's astonishing performance.
6 July 2000 - 36 out of 43 users found this review helpful.
Jack Clayton directed two masterpieces: The Innocents, Truman Capote's adaptation of Henry James's The Turn of The Screw, and Room at the Top, based on the novel by John Braine. The story of a young man on the make in postwar Britain is compelling. The black and white cinematography is silken. But what you will remember most is Simone Signoret's heartwrenching performance as a mature woman rendered helpless by her love for the opportunistic character played by Laurence Harvey.
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