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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 2.594 |
Directed By
Bryan Forbes
Crew
Bryan Forbes
Bryan Forbes
Lynne Reid Banks
Diana Hawkins
James Woolf
Jenia Reissar
Ray Simm
Richard Attenborough
Helen Whitson
Douglas Slocombe
John Woolf
Penny Daniels
Anthony Harvey
Ann Skinner
Red Law
Peter Katin
Peter James
Beatrice Dawson
Jack Rix
Chic Waterson
Harry Frampton
Johannes Brahms
John Quested
May Walding
Gerald O'Hara
Nicholas Faith
Martin Atkinson
Barbara Ritchie
George Stephenson
Laurel Staffell
Muir Mathieson
John Barry
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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