Life at the Top

The more they live it up the more they have to live it down!

Life at the Top — Plot

Successful businessman Joe Lampton is married to the wealthy Susan, has two children, and lives in the mill town of Warley in northern England. But his career seems to have plateaued, leaving him disillusioned. This feeling is only exacerbated when he discovers his wife's infidelity with local man Mark. So he takes up with attractive TV host Norah and moves with her to London, aiming to reignite the fire that drove him to the top.

• Release date
• December 14, 1965
• Runtime
• 117 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Ted Kotcheff

Life at the Top — Cast

Laurence Harvey Joe Lampton Jean Simmons Susan Lampton Honor Blackman Norah Hauxley Michael Craig Mark Donald Wolfit Abe Brown Robert Morley Tiffield Margaret Johnston Sybil Ambrosine Phillpotts Mrs. Margaret Brown