Room at the Top

A ruthless young working-class Englishman takes a job in a North Country village controlled by a local millionaire. The young man resents the magnate's class consciousness and vows to rise to the top by wooing the millionaire's daughter, while having an affair with a Frenchwoman.

Winner of Academy Awards for Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. Winner of a BAFTA for Best British Film. Nominated for a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.