Audrey Dalton, Burt Lancaster, Cathleen Nesbitt

Ensemble tale about a group of colorful, yet lonely, people who find themselves vacationing at a hotel by the seaside, each respectively sitting alone at their tables until slowly their lives become e...( read more  read more... )ntangled.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 39 min.

Directed by: Delbert Mann

Release Date: December 18, 1958

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DVD Release Date: December 11, 2001

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  • January 24, 2009
    It is interesting to see some of the better movies of the 50's. I only watched this as the TV guide rated it 4 *'s. Can you imagine "living" at a seaside hotel for four years the way Major Pollock did?

    The movie was fine. When you "live" in a hotel for a long time, and in hig...( read more)h society Britain, everybody knows everyone else's business. This can make for an interesting story. I was amazed to read however that two of the ensemble of actors won Academy Awards,
  • January 21, 2009
    Another one that bored me. I couldn't get into it. I didn't know what the point of watching these different story lines was. I didn't think you got to know any of the characters well enough.
  • August 12, 2009
    Excellent Movie!!

    Wendy Hiller is fantastic!!
  • March 27, 2009
    This movie was made way before it's time. So true
  • August 2, 2007
    Oh gosh, another complicated movie. It is one of those, that if you want to be mindlessly entertained DO NOT WATCH THIS! Otherwise, I would highly recommend it.
  • July 7, 2007
    Brilliantly written, along with great acting.
  • May 21, 2007
    Fabulous movie about the rigid clash of culture with the progress of time and mind.
  • March 27, 2007
    a nice look into lives a british hotel. It still boggles my mind that so many people used to LIVE in hotel rooms, and be considered luxurious.
  • January 18, 2007
    its about drama. its about lots of sex too. its some very good acting. everyone is good. but the writing si bad. the guy wrote plays. and he tried to wriet something good. its the words that r the mots impotrant. they speak really cool. he is like all uptight. it didnt work. but ...( read more)sometimes it was nicer. deborah kerr was good they ewre good in from here 2 eternity and good here. may hallat is funny. and its good about women. there r lots of em.

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