The L-Shaped Room (1962)
Sex is not a forbidden word
1962 · 2h 6m · Drama, Romance
Genres: Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Bryan Forbes
Writers: Bryan Forbes, Lynne Reid Banks
Music by: Johannes Brahms, John Barry
Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe
Editor: Anthony Harvey
Cast
Leslie Caron as Jane FossetTom Bell as TobyBrock Peters as JohnnyBernard Lee as CharlieAvis Bunnage as DorisPatricia Phoenix as SoniaCicely Courtneidge as MavisVerity Edmett as Jane IIAnthony Booth as Youth in StreetHarry Locke as NewsagentEllen Dryden as Girl in Newsagent'sEmlyn Williams as Dr. WeaverMore like this
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