The L-Shaped Room

Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. After renting a room in a dingy London boarding house, Jane befriends the odd group of inhabitants and starts an affair with one boarder, Toby. As Jane's pregnancy threatens her new relationship, and the reality of single motherhood approaches, she is forced to decide what to do about both her baby and her budding romance.

Cast

Leslie Caron

as Jane Fosset

Tom Bell

as Toby

Brock Peters

as Johnny

Bernard Lee

as Charlie

Avis Bunnage

as Doris

Patricia Phoenix

as Sonia

Cicely Courtneidge

as Mavis

Verity Edmett

as Jane II

Anthony Booth

as Youth in Street

Harry Locke

as Newsagent

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