Encore
Encore
Release: 1951-06-11
·Runtime: 89m
·★ 6.1
Comedy
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Two Cities Films
Cast
Charles Victor
as Mr. Bateman
Peter Graves
as Philip Cronshaw
Michael Trubshawe
as Ascot Man
Martin Miller
as Carlo Penezzi
Ferdy Mayne
as Head Waiter
Mary Merrall
as Flora Penezzi
Alison Leggatt
as Freda Ramsay
John Laurie
as Andrews, Engineer
Noel Purcell
as Tom, Captain
Ronald Squire
as Doctor
John Horsley
as Joe, Mate
Heather Thatcher
as Eva Barrett
Terence Morgan
as Syd Cotman
Glynis Johns
as Stella Cotman
Nigel Patrick
as Tom Ramsay
Jacques François
as Pierre, French Steward
W. Somerset Maugham
as Self and Narrator
Brenda Hogan
as Young Wife
Roland Culver
as George Ramsay
Patricia Raine
as Office Girl
Vincent Ball
as Young Husband
David Hutcheson
as Sandy Wescott
Margaret Withers
as Mrs. Bateman
Charles Goldner
as Paco Espinal
Margaret Vyner
as Gertrude Wilmot
Kay Walsh
as Miss Molly Reid
Muriel George
as Mrs. Robinson