Encore (1951)

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The producers of Quartet and Trio concluded their cycle with this omnibus film, which features three stories based, as in the previous film, on tales by W. Somerset Maugham. "The Ant and the Grasshopper" concerns Tom Ramsey (Nigel Patrick), a fiscally unstable young man who is constantly borrowing… More The producers of Quartet and Trio concluded their cycle with this omnibus film, which features three stories based, as in the previous film, on tales by W. Somerset Maugham. "The Ant and the Grasshopper" concerns Tom Ramsey (Nigel Patrick), a fiscally unstable young man who is constantly borrowing money from his brother George (Roland Culver). Eventually, George falls on hard times and is forced to sell the family estate, just as Tom marries a wealthy woman and is in a position to purchase it. In "Winter Cruise," Miss Reid (Kay Walsh) is an aging spinster taking a voyage aboard a cargo ship. She has little to do but engage the others on board in conversation, which the passengers find so annoying that they arrange a ship-board romance for her with Pierre (Jacques Francois), a porter, in the hopes that it will keep her quiet. And "Gigolo and Gigolette" features Glynis Johns as Stella Cotman, whose husband Syd (Terence Morgan) earns his living as a performer in a high-wire act. Stella is terribly worried that Syd's risky profession will lead to his death, so she takes their life's savings to a casino in hopes of winning enough that he can retire. However, her plan hardly goes as she hoped. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.
Directed By: Harold French, Pat Jackson
Genres: Drama, Classics, Comedy

On DVD: Jun 7, 1988

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The first two stories are a charming pair of lightly comic tales and the last darker in tone but no less of a pleasure owing to the enchanting presence of Glynis Johns, who looks utterly sensational and gives a terrific performance.

Cast

            Nigel Patrick as Tom Ramsey

            Roland Culver as George Ramsey

            Alison Leggatt as Freda Ramsey

            Kay Walsh as Miss Reid [Winter Cruise]

            Charles Victor as Mr. Bateman

            Glynis Johns as Stella Cotman [Gigolo And Gigolette]

            Ronald Squire as Doctor [Winter Cruise]

            Terence Morgan as Syd Cotman [Gigolo And Gigolette]

            Margaret Withers as Mrs. Bateman

            Margaret Vyner as Gertrude Wilmot

            Dorothy Bramhall as Secretary

            Patricia Raine as Office Girl

            Campbell Cotts as Club Member

            Michael Trubshawe as Ascot Man

            Noel Purcell as Captain [Winter Cruise]

            John Laurie as Engineer [Winter Cruise]

            Jacques François as Pierre [Winter Cruise]

            John Horsley as Mate [Winter Cruise]

            Joan Harben as Miss Price [Winter Cruise]

            David Hutcheson as Sandy Wescott [Gigolo And Gigolette]

            Charles Goldner as Paco Espinal [Gigolo And Gigolette]

            Martin Miller as Carlo Penezzi [Gigolo And Gigolette]

            Heather Thatcher as Eva Barrett [Gigolo And Gigolette]

            Guido Lorraine as Russian Prince [Gigolo And Gigolette]

            Daphne Barker as Countess [Gigolo And Gigolette]

            Ferdinand "Ferdy" Mayne as [Gigolo And Gigolette]

            Mary Merrall as Flora Penezzi [Gigolo And Gigolette]

            John Boxer as [Gigolo And Gigolette]

            Peter Graves as Philip Cronshaw
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