The L-Shaped Room

6.8 1962 2h 6m United Kingdom

Drama Romance

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.

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Sex is not a forbidden word 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.

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Directors

Bryan Forbes

Writers

Bryan Forbes, Lynne Reid Banks

Cast

Leslie Caron, Tom Bell, Brock Peters, Bernard Lee, Avis Bunnage, Patricia Phoenix, Cicely Courtneidge, Verity Edmett, Anthony Booth, Harry Locke, Ellen Dryden, Emlyn Williams, Jennifer White, Gerry Duggan, Joan Ingram

Production

Romulus Films, British Lion Films

Languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom