Room at the Top (1959 film) 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 six Academy Awards, winning Best Actress for Signoret and Best Adapted Screenplay for Paterson. Its other nominations included Best Picture, Best
Richard Bradford (novelist) Richard Bradford (novelist) Richard Bradford (1932—2002) was an American novelist, best known for his 1968 novel "Red Sky at Morning", a film version of which was released in 1971. He also wrote "So Far from Heaven", a novel about the adventures of a disillusioned executive who flees his life in the city for a New Mexico cattle ranch. The son of Roark Bradford, he was born in Chicago. He resided in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the time of his death. Editor's Note from "Red Sky At Morning": Commenting on his inclusion in Twentieth Century Western Writers, Richard Bradford wrote