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The L-Shaped Room poster
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Excellent
MASTER SCORE 75.6 / 100
1962·Drama / Romance·2h 6m

THE L-SHAPED ROOM

“Sex is not a forbidden word”

Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. After renting a room in a dingy London boarding house, Jane befriends the odd group of inhabitants and starts an affair with one boarder, Toby. As Jane's pregnancy threatens her new relationship, and the reality of single motherhood approaches, she is forced to decide what to do about both her baby and her budding romance.

Above the Line
Bryan Forbes·DirectorBryan Forbes·WriterLynne Reid Banks·NovelDouglas Slocombe·Director of PhotographyJohn Barry·Original Music ComposerAnthony Harvey·Editor
Cast
Leslie Caron·Jane FossetTom Bell·TobyBrock Peters·JohnnyBernard Lee·CharlieAvis Bunnage·DorisPatricia Phoenix·SoniaCicely Courtneidge·MavisVerity Edmett·Jane IIAnthony Booth·Youth in StreetHarry Locke·Newsagent
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 5
Bryan Forbes·DirectorHelen Whitson·ContinuityPenny Daniels·ContinuityJohn Quested·Assistant DirectorGerald O'Hara·Assistant Director
Writing· 2
Bryan Forbes·WriterLynne Reid Banks·Novel
Camera· 2
Douglas Slocombe·Director of PhotographyChic Waterson·Camera Operator
Editing· 2
Anthony Harvey·EditorNicholas Faith·Assistant Editor
Sound & Music· 6
Johannes Brahms·MusicJohn Barry·Original Music ComposerMuir Mathieson·ConductorPeter Katin·MusicianRed Law·Sound RecordistGeorge Stephenson·Sound Recordist
Art & Design· 5
Ray Simm·Art DirectionMartin Atkinson·Assistant Art DirectorPeter James·Set DecorationBeatrice Dawson·Costume DesignerHarry Frampton·Makeup Artist
Production· 7
John Woolf·ProducerJames Woolf·ProducerRichard Attenborough·ProducerDiana Hawkins·PublicistJenia Reissar·CastingJack Rix·Associate ProducerAnn Skinner·Production Secretary
Other Departments· 1
Laurel Staffell·Wardrobe Designer
By the Numbers
75.6
OF 100
Master Score
7.3
OF 10
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1 NOMS
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