
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

Peter Graves
Philip Cronshaw

Vincent Ball
Young Husband

Muriel George
Mrs. Robinson

Ronald Squire
Doctor

John Horsley
Joe, Mate

David Hutcheson
Sandy Wescott

Glynis Johns
Stella Cotman

John Laurie
Andrews, Engineer

Ferdy Mayne
Head Waiter

Charles Victor
Mr. Bateman

W. Somerset Maugham
Self and Narrator

Terence Morgan
Syd Cotman

Mary Merrall
Flora Penezzi

Nigel Patrick
Tom Ramsay

Margaret Withers
Mrs. Bateman

Margaret Vyner
Gertrude Wilmot

Kay Walsh
Miss Molly Reid

Roland Culver
George Ramsay

Alison Leggatt
Freda Ramsay

Heather Thatcher
Eva Barrett

Michael Trubshawe
Ascot Man

Jacques François
Pierre, French Steward

Brenda Hogan
Young Wife

Martin Miller
Carlo Penezzi

Noel Purcell
Tom, Captain

Patricia Raine
Office Girl

Guido Lorraine
Russian Prince