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The L-Shaped Room(1962)
Status: Released
Date: 1962-11-20
68%
36 Votes
Time: 2h 6m
Sex is not a forbidden word
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies:
Romulus Films
British Lion Films
Movie: The L-Shaped Room
Top 10 Billed Cast
Leslie Caron
Jane Fosset
Tom Bell
Toby
Brock Peters
Johnny
Bernard Lee
Charlie
Avis Bunnage
Doris
Patricia Phoenix
Sonia
Cicely Courtneidge
Mavis
Anthony Booth
Youth in Street
Harry Locke
Newsagent
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