Life at the Top
1965 · 117 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 747 VOTES · DIR. Ted Kotcheff
Overview
Successful businessman Joe Lampton is married to the wealthy Susan, has two children, and lives in the mill town of Warley in northern England. But his career seems to have plateaued, leaving him disillusioned. This feeling is only exacerbated when he discovers his wife's infidelity with local man Mark. So he takes up with attractive TV host Norah and moves with her to London, aiming to reignite the fire that drove him to the top.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,290 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:06 (CAR ENGINE WHIRRING)
00:08:11 We should go public, but on our own.
00:11:59 An example to all of us.
00:16:11 he would have snubbed me.
00:19:22 Or Tahiti?
00:25:10 with this gem of Victorian architecture.
00:29:01 rather a highly-placed telly producer.
00:33:07 This American had come from the Portobello Road
00:37:23 I want to be sure you'll be happy with us, uh, reactionary vermin.
00:43:21 Well-said.
00:47:10 Brendan! Brendan!
00:51:36 I was brought up in a house without a bathroom too.
00:55:42 He has "early struggles and the school of hard knocks" written all over him.
01:00:44 because this is what's in store for you if you stay here.
01:04:11 - Congratulations, we're all proud of you. - Thank you.
01:09:33 If you think I'm going to live like a nun for a year or two
01:13:41 (ALL LAUGH)
01:17:55 - Do you want it back? - Stuff it!
01:21:37 You're a lodger here, you no-good, cheap womanizer.
01:27:27 If people like your father- in-law didn't evade so much tax
01:31:58 We've simply got to find him a job.
01:35:25 The chap you like on Board ship, but find him embarrassing in port.
01:39:44 - (SUSAN) He's in the hospita/. - (JOE) Good. I hope it's fata/.
01:45:32 Perhaps you can persuade him to settle in the Bahamas.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,290
Dialogue density11.0 lines / min
First line00:00:06
Final line01:45:32
Production Record
DirectorTed Kotcheff
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes747