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Language. English. Life at the Top is a 1965 British drama film, a production of Romulus Films released by Columbia Pictures. The screenplay was by Mordecai Richler, based on the 1962 novel Life at the Top by John Braine, and is a sequel to the film Room at the Top (1959).
A sequel to Room at the Top (1958), the film follows Joe Lampton, a northern mill worker who marries the boss's daughter and faces challenges at work and home. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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- Drama
- Ted Kotcheff
- 1966-06-28
A sequel to Room at the Top (1958), the film follows Joe Lampton, a working class social climber who marries the boss's daughter and faces challenges at work and home. He reconsiders his choices when he discovers his wife's affair and an offer of a job in London.
Life At The Top is the third novel by the English author John Braine, first published in the UK by Eyre & Spottiswoode and in the US by Houghton Mifflin & Co. in 1962. It continues the story of the life and difficulties of Joe Lampton, an ambitious young man of humble origins.
Life at the Top. Successful businessman Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) is married to the wealthy Susan (Jean Simmons), has two children and lives in the mill town of Warley in northern...
Ted Kotcheff. Director. John Braine. Novel. Mordecai Richler. Screenplay. 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.
