
Encore
Director Harold French
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.
Cast

Charles Victor
Mr. Bateman

Margaret Vyner
Gertrude Wilmot

Jacques François
Pierre, French Steward

Terence Morgan
Syd Cotman

Glynis Johns
Stella Cotman

Nigel Patrick
Tom Ramsay

Patricia Raine
Office Girl

Michael Trubshawe
Ascot Man

Vincent Ball
Young Husband

Guido Lorraine
Russian Prince

Roland Culver
George Ramsay

Heather Thatcher
Eva Barrett

Margaret Withers
Mrs. Bateman

John Laurie
Andrews, Engineer

Ronald Squire
Doctor

John Horsley
Joe, Mate

Alison Leggatt
Freda Ramsay

Noel Purcell
Tom, Captain

Kay Walsh
Miss Molly Reid

Brenda Hogan
Young Wife

David Hutcheson
Sandy Wescott

Ferdy Mayne
Head Waiter

Peter Graves
Philip Cronshaw

W. Somerset Maugham
Self and Narrator

Mary Merrall
Flora Penezzi

Martin Miller
Carlo Penezzi