
Encore
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.
Director Harold French
Cast

Alison Leggatt
Freda Ramsay

Margaret Withers
Mrs. Bateman

John Laurie
Andrews, Engineer

John Horsley
Joe, Mate

Brenda Hogan
Young Wife

Guido Lorraine
Russian Prince

Ronald Squire
Doctor

Jacques François
Pierre, French Steward

Ferdy Mayne
Head Waiter

Noel Purcell
Tom, Captain

W. Somerset Maugham
Self and Narrator

Michael Trubshawe
Ascot Man

Muriel George
Mrs. Robinson

Nigel Patrick
Tom Ramsay

Roland Culver
George Ramsay

Charles Victor
Mr. Bateman

Vincent Ball
Young Husband

Martin Miller
Carlo Penezzi

Glynis Johns
Stella Cotman

Terence Morgan
Syd Cotman

Heather Thatcher
Eva Barrett

Mary Merrall
Flora Penezzi

Margaret Vyner
Gertrude Wilmot

Kay Walsh
Miss Molly Reid

David Hutcheson
Sandy Wescott

Patricia Raine
Office Girl

Peter Graves
Philip Cronshaw