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
Vincent Ball
Young Husband
David Hutcheson
Sandy Wescott
Mary Merrall
Flora Penezzi
Ferdy Mayne
Head Waiter
Alison Leggatt
Freda Ramsay
John Laurie
Andrews, Engineer
John Horsley
Joe, Mate
Heather Thatcher
Eva Barrett
Glynis Johns
Stella Cotman
Margaret Withers
Mrs. Bateman
Noel Purcell
Tom, Captain
Brenda Hogan
Young Wife
Nigel Patrick
Tom Ramsay
Margaret Vyner
Gertrude Wilmot
Ronald Squire
Doctor
Patricia Raine
Office Girl
Michael Trubshawe
Ascot Man
Jacques François
Pierre, French Steward
Martin Miller
Carlo Penezzi
Charles Victor
Mr. Bateman
Kay Walsh
Miss Molly Reid
Roland Culver
George Ramsay
Peter Graves
Philip Cronshaw
Terence Morgan
Syd Cotman
W. Somerset Maugham
Self and Narrator
Guido Lorraine
Russian Prince