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