| Release Date: | Jan 1959 |
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| Genre: | Drama |
| Awards: | Won 2 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 10 nominations |
| Runtime: | 115 min |
| Cast: | Simone Signoret (Alice Aisgill) Laurence Harvey (Joe Lampton) Heather Sears (Susan Brown) Donald Wolfit (Mr. Brown) Donald Houston (Charles Soames) Hermione Baddeley (Elspeth) Allan Cuthbertson (George Aisgill) Raymond Huntley (Mr. Hoylake) John Westbrook (Jack Wales) Ambrosine Phillpotts (Mrs. Brown) Richard Pasco (Teddy) Beatrice Varley (Aunt) Delena Kidd (Eva) Ian Hendry (Cyril) April Olrich (Mavis) Mary Peach (June Samson) Anthony Newlands (Bernard) Avril Elgar (Miss Gilchrist) Thelma Ruby (Miss Breith) Paul Whitsun-Jones (Laughing Man at Bar) Derren Nesbitt (Thug in Fight On Tow Path.) Michael Atkinson (Grant (uncredited)) Derek Benfield (Man in bar (uncredited)) Allan Bracewell (Middle-aged Man (uncredited)) Bonita Bridgeman (Bridesmaid (uncredited)) Yvonne Buckingham (Girl at Window (uncredited)) Honora Burke (Plump Woman (uncredited)) Richard Caldicot (Taxi driver (uncredited)) Isla Cameron (Thespians Member (uncredited)) Wendy Craig (Joan (uncredited)) Angela Culbert (Bridesmaid (uncredited)) Doreen Dawn (High Stepping Girl (uncredited)) Basil Dignam (Priest (uncredited)) Jane Eccles (Mrs. Thompson (uncredited)) Anthony Elgar ((uncredited)) Gilda Emmanuelli (Ethel (uncredited)) Kathleen Fox (Bridesmaid at wedding (uncredited)) Everley Gregg (Mayoress (uncredited)) Anne Gunning (Girl in sports car (uncredited)) May Hallatt (Miss Tanfield (uncredited)) Jack Hedley (Architect (uncredited)) Andrew Irvine (Office Boy (uncredited)) Stephen Jack (Darnley (uncredited)) Miriam Karlin (Gertrude (uncredited)) Ruth Kettlewell (Thespians member (uncredited)) Pat Lanski (Girl Guide Leader (uncredited)) Wilfrid Lawson (Uncle Nat (uncredited)) Joan Leake (Second thespian (uncredited)) Linda Leo (Child on Bomb Site (uncredited)) Anne Leon (Janet (uncredited)) Denis Linford (Harry (uncredited)) Eric Louro (Tough (uncredited)) Pamela Manson (Thespians Member (uncredited)) Harry Moore (First thespian (uncredited)) Bill Morgan (Tough (uncredited)) John Moulder-Brown (Urchin (uncredited)) Kendrick Owen (Man in bar (uncredited)) Katharine Page (Mary (uncredited)) Edward Palmer (Porter (uncredited)) Robert Palmer (Tough (uncredited)) Mandy Priestley (Child on Bomb Site (uncredited)) Sheila Raynor (Vera (uncredited)) Prunella Scales (Council Office Worker. (uncredited)) Julian Somers (St. Clair - landlord (uncredited)) Hazel Sutton (Blonde (uncredited)) Sandra Thompson (Bridesmaid at wedding (uncredited)) Kenneth Waller (Reggie (uncredited)) John Welsh (Mayor (uncredited)) Brian Worth (Man in Sports Car (uncredited)) |
The English factory town is dreary but Joe Lampton has landed a job with a future. To have something to do at night he joins a theatrical group. His boss's daughter Susan is playing ingenue roles on stage and in real life. She is attracted to Joe and Joe thinks about how much faster he will get ahead if he is the boss's son-in-law. This plan is complicated by his strong desire to be with an older woman who also belongs to the theatrical group. She is French and unhappily married. Joe believes he can get away with seeing both women.
