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The L-Shaped Room

  • 7.3 /10

  • 35

  • 67%

Plot

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.

Cast

Leslie Caron as Jane Fosset
Leslie Caron

as Jane Fosset

Tom Bell as Toby
Tom Bell

as Toby

Brock Peters as Johnny
Brock Peters

as Johnny

Bernard Lee as Charlie
Bernard Lee

as Charlie

Avis Bunnage as Doris
Avis Bunnage

as Doris

Patricia Phoenix as Sonia
Verity Edmett as Jane II
Verity Edmett

as Jane II

Anthony Booth as Youth in Street
Anthony Booth

as Youth in Street

Harry Locke as Newsagent
Harry Locke

as Newsagent

Movie Facts

Rated

  • N/A

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • November 20, 1962

Production Companies

  • Romulus Films

  • British Lion Films

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 2.10 hrs

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Reviews

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 a…