Life At The Top (1965)

Life At The Top (1965)

„Life At The Top“ is a 1965 drama film directed by Ted Kotcheff. The screenplay by Mordecai Richler is based on the 1962 novel of the same title by John Braine.

Joe Lampton thinks he has really made it by marrying the boss’s daughter in his northern mill town. But he finds he is being sidelined at work and his private life manipulated by his father-in-law.

Cast:

• Laurence Harvey – Joe Lampton
• Jean Simmons – Susan Lampton
• Honor Blackman – Norah Hauxley
• Michael Craig – Mark
• Donald Wolfit – Abe Brown
• Robert Morley – Tiffield
• Margaret Johnston – Sybil
• Ambrosine Phillpotts – Mrs. Brown
• Allan Cuthbertson – George Aisgill
• Paul A. Martin – Harry
• Frances Cosslett – Barbara
• Ian Shand – Hethersett
• George A. Cooper – Graffham
• Nigel Davenport – Mottram
• Andrew Laurence – McLelland
• Geoffrey Bayldon – Industrial Psychologist
• Denis Quilley – Ben
• David Oxley – Tim
• David McKail – Oscar
• Paul Whitsun-Jones – Keatley
• Charles Lamb – Wincastle
• Michael Newport – Newspaper Boy
• Richard Leech – Doctor
• Ingrid Anthofer – Stripper
• Harry Fowler – Magic Beans Man
• Dido Plumb – Art Exhibition Visitor
• Robin Burns – Art Exhibition Visitor
• Mark Colleano – Bit Part
• Joe Beckett – Board Member
• Lockwood West – Board Member
• Victor Harrington – Board Member
• Ernest Blyth – Election Agent
• Richard Neller – Election Agent
• John Tatham – Gambler
• Rex Arundel – Lord Mayor
• Peter Evans – Man at Party
• Edward Fox – Office Supervisor
• Jack Armstrong – Pub Customer
• Aileen Lewis – Sherry Party Guest
• Hyma Beckley – Sherry Party Guest
• Lewis Alexander – Sherry Party Guest
• Mark Burns – Tiffield Interview Panel
• Philip Stone – Tiffield Interview Panel
• Pauline Chamberlain – Woman at Party

„Ein Platz ganz oben“ (Life At The Top) ist ein Filmdrama von 1965 unter der Regie von Ted Kotcheff. Das Drehbuch von Mordecai Richler basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von John Braine aus dem Jahr 1962.

Joe Lampton glaubt, dass er es wirklich geschafft hat, als er die Tochter des Chefs in seiner nördlichen Mühlenstadt heiratet. Aber er stellt fest, dass er bei der Arbeit ins Abseits gedrängt und sein Privatleben von seinem Schwiegervater manipuliert wird.