An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
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The English factory town is dreary but Joe Lampton has landed a job with a future. To have something to do at night he joins a theatrical group. His boss's daughter Susan is playing ingenue roles on stage and in real life. She is attracted to Joe and Joe thinks about how much faster he will get ahead if he is the boss's son-in-law. This plan is complicated by his strong desire to be with an older woman who also belongs to the theatrical group. She is French and unhappily married. Joe believes he can get away with seeing both women. —Dale O'Connor <daleoc@interaccess,com>
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a heartwrenching movie
This is an excellent film. The human traits of ambition and greed are played out wonderfully by the well selected cast. Harvey is his usual dour self and the industrial settings of urban England add to the melancholy mood of the film. He is so good as the misguided protagonist that you end up supporting his machinations. For me it seemed to reflect the constant battle between the classes, and the value of merit and truth in life.
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- val-54
- Feb 7, 2000
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