Room at the Top (1959 film) office in 1959 after "Carry On Nurse" and "Inn of the Sixth Happiness". Wins Nominations Wins Nominations Win Nomination Win Nomination Room at the Top (1959 film) Room at the Top is a 1959 British film based on the novel of the same name by John Braine. The novel was adapted by Neil Paterson with uncredited work by Mordecai Richler. It was directed by Jack Clayton and produced by John and James Woolf. The film stars Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Donald Houston and Hermione Baddeley. "Room at the Top" was widely lauded, and was nominated for
Room at the Top (song) three dance hit in America. It reached number thirteen on the UK Singles Chart. "Room at the Top" was written by Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni & Prince protégé André Cymone. Adam only provided vocals for the track, while Marco played guitar & bass guitar. Cymone produced the track, played keyboards & did the programming. Or, as "Manners & Physique"'s liner notes put it, "everything else". "Room at the Top", was styled after the Minneapolis sound, as was most of the "Manners & Physique" album. Of which, in Ant's words, Cymone was "one of the architects". The B-side to the single