The L-Shaped Room (1962)
Sex is not a forbidden word
126 min
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
- November 20, 1962
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- Leslie Caron as Jane Fosset
- Tom Bell as Toby Coleman
- 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
- Harry Locke as Newsagent
- Emlyn Williams as Dr. Weaver
- Jennifer White as Monica
- Gerry Duggan as Bert
- Joan Ingram as Woman in Park
- Mark Eden as Terry
- Stanley Morgan as Waiter in Club
- Gerald Sim as Doctor in Hospital
- Pamela Sholto as Nurse
- Diane Clare as Nurse
- Arthur White as Milkman
- Nanette Newman as New occupant of L-shaped room
- Kay Walsh as Prostitute (uncredited)
Crew
- Bryan Forbes · Director
- Bryan Forbes · Writer
- Lynne Reid Banks · Writer
- Richard Attenborough · Producer
- James Woolf · Producer
- Douglas Slocombe · Cinematographer
- Anthony Harvey · Editor
- Jenia Reissar · Casting director