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