Encore (1951)
1h 29m
Running Time
June 11, 1951Release Date
Plot.
Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.
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Cast & Crew.
Glynis Johns
Stella Cotman
Nigel Patrick
Tom Ramsay
Roland Culver
George Ramsay
Alison Leggatt
Freda Ramsay
Charles Victor
Mr. Bateman
Peter Graves
Philip Cronshaw
Margaret Withers
Mrs. Bateman (segment "The Ant and the Grasshopper")
Margaret Withers
Mrs. Bateman
Margaret Vyner
Gertrude Wilmot
John Laurie
Andrews, Engineer
Noel Purcell
Tom, Captain
Ronald Squire
Doctor
W. Somerset Maugham
Self and Narrator / Story
Dorothy Bramhall
Secretary
Pat Jackson
Director
Patricia Raine
Office Girl
Campbell Cotts
Club Member
Michael Trubshawe
Ascot Man
Kay Walsh
Miss Molly Reid
Antony Darnborough
Producer
Jacques François
Pierre, French Steward
John Horsley
Joe, Mate
Joan Harben
Miss Nora Price
Brenda Hogan
Young Wife
Vincent Ball
Young Husband
Carol Wolveridge
Little Girl
John Warren
Ship's Officer
Terence Morgan
Syd Cotman
David Hutcheson
Sandy Wescott
Charles Goldner
Paco Espinal
Mary Merrall
Flora Penezzi
Martin Miller
Carlo Penezzi
Heather Thatcher
Eva Barrett
Guido Lorraine
Russian Prince
Daphne Barker
Italian Countess
Ferdy Mayne
Head Waiter
Guy De Monceau
Bandleader
Muriel George
Mrs. Robinson
Reg Thomason
Casino Patron (uncredited)
Robert Brooks Turner
Seaman Leaving Ship as Passengers Board (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 11, 1951
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
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Wiki.
Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham:
"The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke;
"Winter Cruise" (from the 1947 collection of Maugham stories Creatures of Circumstance), directed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae;
"Gigolo and Gigolette" (from the 1940 collection of Maugham stories The Mixture as Before), directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler.
Maugham introduces each part of the film with a piece to camera from his garden on the French Riviera. Encore was the final film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio. The film was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
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