Life at the Top 1965  N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Laurence Harvey, Jean Simmons, Honor Blackman, Michael Craig, Donald Wolfit, Robert Morley, Margaret Johnston, Allan Cuthbertson, Nigel Davenport, George A. Cooper, Ambrosine Phillpotts, Paul A. Martin, Frances Cosslett, Ian Shand, Andrew Laurence
This sequel to "Room at the Top" takes place 10 years later as Joe (Laurence Harvey) finds that marrying Susan (Jean Simmons), who is the daughter of the boss (Donald Wolfit), presents problems of which he never dreamed. Joe rises to power in the company and in politics. He is elected to a seat on the town council where he votes for a slum clearance, which is against company interests. His marriage falls apart, and both Joe and Susan engage in separate love affairs. The marriage appears to be over, or is it? Followed by "Man at the Top."
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Macbeth 1971  R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Tragedy of Macbeth
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, Terence Bayler, John Stride, Nicholas Selby, Stephen Chase, Paul Shelley, Bernard Archard, Maisie MacFarquhar, Andrew Laurence, Frank Wylie
This is, perhaps, the best of the films made about the William Shakespeare play, which tells the story of Scottish nobleman Macbeth (Jon Finch) who wants power and is driven in his quest by his mad wife Lady Macbeth (Francesca Annis) and many prophecies. Violent, but well told.
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| 1. Life at the Top (1965)
2. Macbeth (1971)
aka: The Tragedy of Macbeth
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