Top Floor Girl

1959 British film by Max Varnel

Brian Clemens
Eldon Howard

Produced by

Edward J. Danziger
Harry Lee Danziger

Starring

Kay Callard
Neil Hallett

CinematographyJames WilsonEdited byLee DoigMusic byAlbert Elms

Production
company

Danziger Productions

Distributed byParamount British Pictures (UK)

Release date

May 1959 (1959-05) (UK)

Running time

71 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Top Floor Girl is a 1959 British drama film directed by Max Varnel and starring Kay Callard, Neil Hallett and Robert Raikes.^[1] The screenplay was by Brian Clemens and Eldon Howard.

Plot

A ruthlessly ambitious woman becomes involved with the son of a wealthy man, but begins to have regrets about abandoning her previous lover.

Cast

Kay Callard as Connie
Neil Hallett as Dave
Robert Raikes as Bob
Maurice Kaufmann as Peter Farnite
Brian Nissen as Stevens Jr.
Diana Chesney as Miss Prentice
Liz Fraser as Mabel
Arnold Bell as Stevens Sr.
William Hodge as Farnite Sr.
Hal Osmond (uncredited)

Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A naive and artificial magazine romance with a comforting moral, capable enough on its own level. Kay Callard plays what is almost a solo piece with suitable efficiency, and there is an amusing character sketch by Elizabeth Fraser as a dim typist."^[2]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "The old, old story – on a budget."^[3]

References

^ "Top Floor Girl". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
^ "Top Floor Girl". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 26 (300): 92. 1 January 1959 – via ProQuest.
^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 391. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.