The L-Shaped Room

November. 20,1962      
Rating:
7.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Leslie Caron as  Jane Fosset
Tom Bell as  Toby
Brock Peters as  Johnny
Bernard Lee as  Charlie
Avis Bunnage as  Doris
Patricia Phoenix as  Sonia
Cicely Courtneidge as  Mavis
Anthony Booth as  Youth in Street
Ellen Dryden as  Girl in Newsagent's
Emlyn Williams as  Dr. Weaver

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Reviews

ChanBot
1962/11/20

i must have seen a different film!!

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Usamah Harvey
1962/11/21

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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Casey Duggan
1962/11/22

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

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Tymon Sutton
1962/11/23

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

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