After watching Life at the Top, it's pretty clear Jean Simmons wanted to play Maggie the Cat in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She plays the wife of hunky Laurence Harvey, but try as she does, she can't get him into bed. In one scene, she rubs lotion on her topless self to try and entice him—but don't worry, the camera captures that scene from the mirror, so there's no nudity.
Life at the Top is the sequel to Room at the Top, but if you haven't seen the 1959 film, you won't really be lost. In 1959, Laurence Harvey slept and connived his way to the top, and six years later, we see what his life is like after he's achieved what he thought he wanted. He has a strained relationship with his son, a bad marriage, and hardly any respect in the community. While there are a couple of good scenes where Larry and Jean spar off each other and show off their acting chops, most of the movie is incredibly boring. The majority of the film focuses on his aspirations at work, but I can't think of anyone who would be watching it for that part of the plot. Overall, it's a very overdone genre, and this film is neither imaginative nor entertaining.
Life at the Top is the sequel to Room at the Top, but if you haven't seen the 1959 film, you won't really be lost. In 1959, Laurence Harvey slept and connived his way to the top, and six years later, we see what his life is like after he's achieved what he thought he wanted. He has a strained relationship with his son, a bad marriage, and hardly any respect in the community. While there are a couple of good scenes where Larry and Jean spar off each other and show off their acting chops, most of the movie is incredibly boring. The majority of the film focuses on his aspirations at work, but I can't think of anyone who would be watching it for that part of the plot. Overall, it's a very overdone genre, and this film is neither imaginative nor entertaining.