The L-Shaped Room (1962)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 4.393 |
Directed By
Bryan Forbes
Crew
Bryan Forbes
Bryan Forbes
Lynne Reid Banks
Diana Hawkins
Ray Simm
Anthony Harvey
Helen Whitson
John Woolf
James Woolf
Douglas Slocombe
Jenia Reissar
Richard Attenborough
Penny Daniels
John Quested
Martin Atkinson
Johannes Brahms
Gerald O'Hara
Nicholas Faith
Laurel Staffell
Muir Mathieson
Chic Waterson
Peter Katin
Jack Rix
Peter James
Beatrice Dawson
Red Law
Ann Skinner
George Stephenson
Harry Frampton
John Barry
Barbara Ritchie
May Walding
Percy Godbold
Basil Mannin
Laurie Ridley
TOP CAST
Leslie Caron
Jane Fosset
Tom Bell
Toby
Brock Peters
Johnny
Bernard Lee
Charlie
Avis Bunnage
Doris
Patricia Phoenix
Sonia
Cicely Courtneidge
Mavis
Verity Edmett
Jane II
Anthony Booth
Youth in Street
Harry Locke
Newsagent
Ellen Dryden
Girl in Newsagent's
Emlyn Williams
Dr. Weaver
Jennifer White
Monica
Gerry Duggan
Bert
Joan Ingram
Woman in Park
Mark Eden
Terry
Stanley Morgan
Waiter in Club
Gerald Sim
Doctor in Hospital
Pamela Sholto
Nurse
Ruth Burns
Nurse
Diane Clare
Nurse
Arthur White
Milkman
Nanette Newman
Girl at End
Kay Walsh
Prostitute (uncredited)
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