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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mist. A smoothly professional cast clips off the randy dialogue with an inexhaustible zest for every sign of moral decay in the life of a British provincial town. Yet a film as good as Room at the Top creates no valid curiosity about the further adventures of Joe Lampton, whose future was contained in his past. Lured to this steamy sequel, bombarded with reminders of its predecessor, audiences soon know exactly where they are-leagues away from the microcosmic Warley, Yorkshire, and no more than a stone's throw from Peyton Place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Up in the Depths | 12/17/1965 | See Source »

Life at the Top continues to follow the spoor of Joe Lampton, the scheming, snarling anti-hero of British Novelist John Braine's Room at the Top. In this movie sequel, based on the sequel to the bestseller, nearly everything has changed except Laurence Harvey's skintight performance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Up in the Depths | 12/17/1965 | See Source »

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