The L-Shaped Room (1962)

  • NR
  • 11/20/1962 (GB)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 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.

Bryan Forbes

Director, Writer

Lynne Reid Banks

Novel

Cast

Leslie Caron's headshot

Leslie Caron

Jane Fosset
Tom Bell's headshot

Tom Bell

Toby
Brock Peters's headshot

Brock Peters

Johnny
Bernard Lee's headshot

Bernard Lee

Charlie
Avis Bunnage's headshot

Avis Bunnage

Doris
Patricia Phoenix's headshot

Patricia Phoenix

Sonia
Cicely Courtneidge's headshot

Cicely Courtneidge

Mavis
Verity Edmett's headshot

Verity Edmett

Jane II

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