The L-Shaped Room (1962)

6.8/10 126 min Drama Romance

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.

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

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Emlyn Williams

Dr. Weaver

Jennifer White

Monica

Gerry Duggan

Bert

Joan Ingram

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Mark Eden

Terry

Gerald Sim

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