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The L-Shaped Room (1962)
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20 November 1962 (UK) moreTagline:
"Sex is not a forbidden word!"Plot:
Jane, a young French woman, pregnant and unmarried, takes a room in a seedy London boarding house, which is inhabited by an assortment of misfits... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
A gemthe movie that plays most often in my mind more (20 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Leslie Caron | ... | Jane Fosset | |
| Anthony Booth | ... | Youth in Street | |
| Avis Bunnage | ... | Doris | |
| Patricia Phoenix | ... | Sonia | |
| Verity Edmett | ... | Jane II | |
| Tom Bell | ... | Toby | |
| Cicely Courtneidge | ... | Mavis | |
| Harry Locke | ... | Newsagent | |
| Ellen Dryden | ... | Girl in Newsagent's | |
| Emlyn Williams | ... | Dr. Weaver | |
| Jennifer White | ... | Monica | |
| Brock Peters | ... | Johnny | |
| Gerry Duggan | ... | Bert | |
| Joan Ingram | ... | Woman in Park | |
| Mark Eden | ... | Terry |
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126 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:X (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating)Fun Stuff
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The Smiths open their album The Queen Is Dead with the scene of the character Mavis leading a chorus of "Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty." moreSoundtrack:
Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty moreFAQ
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If I were asked to name my second favourite film I would have to consider many; my favourite is an easy choiceThe L-Shaped Room. As a teenager I saw it on its first release, then four times soon after. Bryan Forbes has crafted this film from a rather maudlin novel by Lynne Reid Banks; it becomes, in his hands, quite a different storya work of art. Leslie Caron, although uniformly fine in all her films, has never been better than she is here. The supporting actors (and there are many) all give sensitive, human performances. The evocative score (parts of the first movement of the First Piano Concerto by Brahms) is a consummate fit with the narrative. The result of this collaboration of sources and talents is a restrained, perfect tapestry that depicts the human condition. The L-Shaped Room has no flawsnone.