Encore
6.1
89 minutes
6/11/1951
Overview
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 List
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
Irène Hilda
Muriel George
as Mrs. Robinson
Reg Thomason
as Casino Patron (uncredited)
Robert Brooks Turner
as Seaman Leaving Ship as Passengers Board (uncredited)