But, in common with so many other parts of Yorkshire, it can boast some classic film associations with a cast list that includes Ewan McGregor, Sir Tom Courtenay, Albert Finney, Laurence Harvey and Peter Finch.
Finch and Harvey are considered almost forgotten stars today, but in their time they were two of the biggest stars in British (and international) movies.
It is Harvey, playing ruthless social climber Joe Lampton, who steps from a train as it arrives in Halifax station at the beginning of Room at the Top. Ninety minutes later he emerges from All Souls' Church, a reluctant bridegroom to adoring Heather Sears.
In between, he loves and loses Simone Signoret, his partner in an illicit, ultimately tragic affair that scandalised 1950s Britain as John Braine's best-selling novel became one of the raciest films of the decade.
Thus Halifax, doubling for the fictional textile town of Warnley, bookends a film that tends to be associated primarily with Bradford. It was a smash hit, propelling Harvey to stardom and garnering Oscars for Signoret and writer Neil Paterson along with nominations for the film, director Jack Clayton, Harvey and co-star Hermione Baddeley.
The film is one of many profiled in Made in Yorkshire, a book by photographer Jim Moran and myself that looks anew at some well-known (and unfamiliar) films that share one common aspect: all were produced in the "Broad Acres."
Yorkshire has been a magnet for film-makers since the invention of moving pictures in 1888. Now, 120 years later, it can lay claim to close on 200 separate titles good, bad and indifferent. Calderdale has played a significant part.
Its image as a textile centre provided some movies with a distinctive, typically northern, backdrop.
In 1948 A Boy, a Girl and a Bike used locations across the Calder Valley – in Elland, Hebden Bridge, Halifax and Mytholmroyd – to tell the tale of a love triangle within a Yorkshire cycling club.
The stars were Patrick Holt, Honor Blackman and John McCallum, with supporting roles going to Diana Dors, Thora Hird and Anthony Newley. A joyous celebration of innocence, it is dedicated to fresh air and open spaces – precisely what a 21-year-old former coalminer from Leeds was looking for.
An avid cyclist who spent his spare time on his racing bike, he was delighted to be hired as an extra and to be paid for riding his bike. His name: Jimmy Savile.
"It was the most amazing time in the world," said Savile almost 60 years later. "I've done a million things since but that was the first film, which is what makes it important. I loved it then, and I love it now."
The Piece Hall has been used by several film and TV productions. In The Dresser it bears silent witness to the mental collapse of "Sir", the grandiloquent actor whose mind is as frayed as his shirttails. Albert Finney played the thespian modelled on Donald Wolfit, and Tom Courtenay was Norman, the effete dresser of the title.
In Brassed Off writer/director Mark Herman whipped up a musical storm as Grimley Colliery Band played their hearts out. Alongside a hit parade of brass band classics the film delivered a potent political message that the cast, including Pete Postlethwaite, Ewan McGregor and Tara Fitzgerald, actively espoused.
"Not only does it strike an emotional chord with me, it strikes a very angry chord," said Postlethwaite. "My feelings are not very far away from what the basis of the story is."
Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche made a brief visit to Shibden Hall to film scenes for Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights in 1991 – the first movie to attempt to tackle the entirety of the novel.
"I enjoyed the challenge of playing a character as dark as Heathcliff – you have to bring your own darkness to it," revealed Fiennes. "I'd like to have gone even further with it."
One might expect the detail surrounding such productions to have been lost in the mists of time until one embraces the ordinary folk who found themselves gently press-ganged into taking part.
Thus it was the humble movie extras that provided some of the cornerstones in building a composite picture of Yorkshire's film heritage, along with intriguing photographs and snapshots of the films themselves.
With the support of various editors and archivists we trawled through newspaper picture libraries, unearthing images that had not been seen for more than half a century. Many of the images from Room at the Top were provided by the Courier, along with an image of Fiennes and Binoche at Shib-den Hall surrounded by the paraphernalia of filmmaking.
Calderdale has played host to several other films, some of which went on to become significant hits (My Summer of Love – Todmorden and Brighouse), popular classics (No Love for Johnnie, filmed in Halifax with Peter Finch), some critical successes (My Son the Fanatic – Halifax and Brighouse) and some flops (Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution – Halifax). And, every year, the list grows longer.

• Made in Yorkshire is officially launched on Friday August 15 at the National Media Museum when playwright Ronald Harwood will discuss his film The Dresser.

• On Monday at 7pm Tony Earnshaw will be at The Viaduct Cafe, Dean Clough, Halifax, for a talk-and-signing session organised by Fred Wade Books, where Made In Yorkshire is on sale.