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The L-Shaped Room (1962) [N/A]

Featuring:
Leslie Caron, Anthony Booth, Avis Bunnage

Written by:
Lynne Reid Banks
Bryan Forbes

Directed by:
Bryan Forbes


Release Date:
November 20, 1962

Original Title:
The L-Shaped Room

Genres:
Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
British Lion Films
Romulus Films

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 126

Sex is not a forbidden word

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Overview from Open Movies

Jane, a young French unmarried mother-to-be, takes a room in a seedy London boardinghouse that is inhabited by an assortment of misfits. She considers getting an abortion, then rethinks this solution. She falls into a relationship with Toby, a struggling your writer who stays on the first floor. Eventually she comes to like her odd room and makes friends with all the unique characters in the house. But she still faces two problems: what to do with her baby, and what to do about Toby.

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Rankings and Honors

The L-Shaped Room (1962) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes 67%
Awards Won: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 6 nominations total

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Production

Art Direction:
Ray Simm

Assistant Art Director:
Martin Atkinson

Assistant Director:
John Quested
Gerald O'Hara

Assistant Editor:
Nicholas Faith

Associate Producer:
Jack Rix

Camera Operator:
Chic Waterson

Casting:
Jenia Reissar

Conductor:
Muir Mathieson

Continuity:
Helen Whitson
Penny Daniels

Costume Designer:
Beatrice Dawson

Director:
Bryan Forbes

Director of Photography:
Douglas Slocombe

Editor:
Anthony Harvey

Hairdresser:
Barbara Ritchie

Makeup Artist:
Harry Frampton

Music:
Johannes Brahms

Musician:
Peter Katin

Novel:
Lynne Reid Banks

Original Music Composer:
John Barry

Producer:
John Woolf
James Woolf
Richard Attenborough

Production Secretary:
Ann Skinner

Property Buyer:
Percy Godbold

Publicist:
Diana Hawkins

Scenic Artist:
Basil Mannin

Set Decoration:
Peter James

Sound Recordist:
Red Law
George Stephenson

Still Photographer:
Laurie Ridley

Wardrobe Designer:
Laurel Staffell
May Walding

Writer:
Bryan Forbes

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