Life at the Top

6.2
  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 117 min
  • Premiere: 1965. December 14.

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.

Discover

Laurence Harvey

Joe Lampton

Jean Simmons

Susan Lampton

Honor Blackman

Norah Hauxley

Donald Wolfit

Abe Brown

Robert Morley

Tiffield

Ambrosine Phillpotts

Mrs. Margaret Brown

Allan Cuthbertson

George Aisgill

Ian Shand

Ralph Hethersett

Andrew Laurence

McLelland

Geoffrey Bayldon

Industrial Psychologist

Charles Lamb

Wincastle

Michael Newport

Newspaper Boy

Harry Fowler

Magic Beans Man

Lewis Alexander

Sherry Party Guest (uncredited)

Jack Armstrong

Pub Customer (uncredited)

Rex Arundel

Lord Mayor (uncredited)

Joe Beckett

Board Member (uncredited)

Hyma Beckley

Sherry Party Guest (uncredited)

Ernest Blyth

Election Agent (uncredited)

Mark Burns

Tiffield Interview Panel (uncredited)

Robin Burns

Art Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)

Pauline Chamberlain

Woman at Party (uncredited)

Mark Colleano

Bit Part (uncredited)

Peter Evans

Man at Party (uncredited)

Edward Fox

Office Supervisor (uncredited)

Victor Harrington

Board Member (uncredited)

Aileen Lewis

Sherry Party Guest (uncredited)

Richard Neller

Election Agent (uncredited)

Dido Plumb

Art Exhibitor Visitor (uncredited)

Philip Stone

Tiffield Interview Panel (uncredited)

John Tatham

Gambler (uncredited)

Lockwood West

Board Member (uncredited)

Art

Edward Marshall

Art Direction

David Ffolkes

Set Dresser

Camera

Oswald Morris

Director of Photography

Brian West

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

George Frost

Makeup Artist

Joan Smallwood

Hairdresser

Jackie Cummins

Wardrobe Master

Beatrice Dawson

Costume Designer

Crew

Saul Cooper

Unit Publicist

Directing

Ted Kotcheff

Director

Kip Gowans

Assistant Director

Phyllis Crocker

Continuity

Editing

Derek York

Editor

Lighting

Maurice Gillett

Electrician

Production

James Woolf

Producer

Charles Blair

Production Manager

William Kirby

Associate Producer

John Woolf

Producer

Sound

Richard Addinsell

Original Music Composer

Norman Bolland

Sound Recordist

Marcus Dods

Conductor

Bob Jones

Sound Recordist

Jonathan Bates

Sound Editor

Writing

Mordecai Richler

Screenplay