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.
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
Allan Cuthbertson
George Aisgill
Paul A. Martin
Harry
Frances Cosslett
Barbara
Ian Shand
Ralph Hethersett
George A. Cooper
Graffham
Nigel Davenport
Mottram
Andrew Laurence
McLelland
Geoffrey Bayldon
Industrial Psychologist
Denis Quilley
Ben
David Oxley
Tim
David McKail
Oscar
Paul Whitsun-Jones
Keatley
Charles Lamb
Wincastle
Michael Newport
Newspaper Boy
Richard Leech
Doctor
Ingrid Anthofer
Stripper
Harry Fowler
Magic Beans Man
Lewis Alexander
Sherry Party Guest (uncredited)
Jack Armstrong
Pub Customer (uncredited)
Rex Arundel
Lord Mayor (uncredited)
Hyma Beckley
Sherry Party Guest (uncredited)
Ernest Blyth
Election Agent (uncredited)
Mark Burns
Tiffield Interview Panel (uncredited)
Robin Burns
Art Exhibition Visitor (uncredited)
Pauline Chamberlain
Woman at Party (uncredited)
Mark Colleano
Bit Part (uncredited)
Peter Evans
Man at Party (uncredited)
Edward Fox
Office Supervisor (uncredited)
Victor Harrington
Board Member (uncredited)
Richard Neller
Election Agent (uncredited)
Dido Plumb
Art Exhibitor Visitor (uncredited)
Philip Stone
Tiffield Interview Panel (uncredited)
John Tatham
Gambler (uncredited)
Lockwood West
Board Member (uncredited)
Crew
Ted Kotcheff
Director
Mordecai Richler
Screenplay
John Braine
Novel
Derek York
Editor
Oswald Morris
Director of Photography
Kip Gowans
Assistant Director
James Woolf
Producer
John Woolf
Producer
William Kirby
Associate Producer
Brian West
Camera Operator
Jenia Reissar
Casting
Beatrice Dawson
Costume Designer
Jackie Cummins
Wardrobe Master
Joan Smallwood
Hairdresser
George Frost
Makeup Artist
Jonathan Bates
Sound Editor
Norman Bolland
Sound Recordist
Bob Jones
Sound Recordist
Richard Addinsell
Original Music Composer
David Ffolkes
Set Dresser
Maurice Gillett
Electrician
Phyllis Crocker
Continuity
Charles Blair
Production Manager
Marcus Dods
Conductor
Saul Cooper
Unit Publicist
Edward Marshall
Art Direction
