Room at the Top (1958)
"A savage story of lust and ambition"
ThumbScore
👍 79%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 100%
(RT: 100%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Laurence Harvey as Joe Lampton
Heather Sears as Susan Brown
Donald Wolfit as Mr. Brown
Donald Houston as Charles Soames
Beatrice Varley as Aunt
Allan Cuthbertson as George Aisgill
Is Room at the Top good?
Most people think so. 79% audience score, estimated from 147 TMDB ratings. Critics rated it higher at 100%, but audiences were less impressed.
Overview
An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman. Wikipedia ↗
