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DramaRomance

The L-Shaped Room

- Sex is not a forbidden word

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. As Jane's pregnancy threatens her new relationship, and the reality of single motherhood approaches, she is forced to decide what to do about both her baby and her budding romance.

Release Date : 1962-11-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Romulus FilmsBritish Lion Films

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Leslie Caron

Character Name : Jane Fosset

Original Name : Leslie Caron

Gender : Female

Tom Bell

Character Name : Toby

Original Name : Tom Bell

Gender : Male

Brock Peters

Character Name : Johnny

Original Name : Brock Peters

Gender : Male

Bernard Lee

Character Name : Charlie

Original Name : Bernard Lee

Gender : Male

Avis Bunnage

Character Name : Doris

Original Name : Avis Bunnage

Gender : Female

Patricia Phoenix

Character Name : Sonia

Original Name : Patricia Phoenix

Gender : Female

Cicely Courtneidge

Character Name : Mavis

Original Name : Cicely Courtneidge

Gender : Female

Verity Edmett

Character Name : Jane II

Original Name : Verity Edmett

Gender : Male

Anthony Booth

Character Name : Youth in Street

Original Name : Anthony Booth

Gender : Male

Harry Locke

Character Name : Newsagent

Original Name : Harry Locke

Gender : Male

Ellen Dryden

Character Name : Girl in Newsagent's

Original Name : Ellen Dryden

Gender : Male

Emlyn Williams

Character Name : Dr. Weaver

Original Name : Emlyn Williams

Gender : Male

Jennifer White

Character Name : Monica

Original Name : Jennifer White

Gender : Female

Gerry Duggan

Character Name : Bert

Original Name : Gerry Duggan

Gender : Male

Joan Ingram

Character Name : Woman in Park

Original Name : Joan Ingram

Gender : Female

Mark Eden

Character Name : Terry

Original Name : Mark Eden

Gender : Male

Stanley Morgan

Character Name : Waiter in Club

Original Name : Stanley Morgan

Gender : Male

Gerald Sim

Character Name : Doctor in Hospital

Original Name : Gerald Sim

Gender : Male

Pamela Sholto

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Pamela Sholto

Gender : Female

Ruth Burns

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Ruth Burns

Gender : Male

Diane Clare

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Diane Clare

Gender : Female

Arthur White

Character Name : Milkman

Original Name : Arthur White

Gender : Male

Nanette Newman

Character Name : Girl at End

Original Name : Nanette Newman

Gender : Female

Kay Walsh

Character Name : Prostitute (uncredited)

Original Name : Kay Walsh

Gender : Female

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-06

Leslie Caron is really good in this rather quirky tale of a French lass who, pregnant, takes up residence in a pretty grotty London boarding house. Initially wary of the other "guests", "Jane" befriends aspiring writer"Toby" (Tom Bell) and the film depicts her lively relationship with him and her assimilation into this curious group of individuals whom she gradually begins to get used to. There are two things that help this stand out. The photography - it is intimate and very effective; and the use of the Brahms Piano Concerto which is as effective as any of the, frequently potent, dialogue. Caron is in her element here, her performance is confident and engaging. Tom Bell contributes strongly, as do Avis Bunnage and Patricia Phoenix, and there is something quite uplifting about Bryan Forbes' take on this outwardly rather depressing tale of solitude and abandonment. It sags just a bit in the middle with perhaps a more judicious pruning of the character establishment in order at the start, but it does hold the attention well for two hours and deals with adult topics in a remarkably - for the time - frank and plausible fashion.