Encore

Encore

89 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 11, 1951

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.

Encore

89 mins | Drama, Comedy | June 11, 1951

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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Two Cities Films
Original title Encore
Directors Anthony Pélissier, Pat Jackson, Harold French
Writers Arthur Macrae, T. E. B. Clarke, Eric Ambler, W. Somerset Maugham

Cast

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

Dorothy Bramhall

as Secretary

Patricia Raine

as Office Girl

Campbell Cotts

as Club Member

Michael Trubshawe

as Ascot Man

Kay Walsh

as Miss Molly Reid

Jacques François

as Pierre, French Steward

John Horsley

as Joe, Mate

Joan Harben

as Miss Nora Price

Brenda Hogan

as Young Wife

Vincent Ball

as Young Husband

Carol Wolveridge

as Little Girl

John Warren

as Ship's Officer

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

Daphne Barker

as Italian Countess

Ferdy Mayne

as Head Waiter

Guy De Monceau

as Bandleader

Muriel George

as Mrs. Robinson

Reg Thomason

as Casino Patron (uncredited)

Robert Brooks Turner

as Seaman Leaving Ship as Passengers Board (uncredited)