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Trio

Original title

Encore

Year

1951

Running time

89 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Harold French, Pat Jackson, Anthony Pelissier

Screenwriter

Eric Ambler, T.E.B. Clarke, Arthur Macrae. relatos: William Somerset Maugham

Cast

Music

Richard Addinsell

Cinematography

Desmond Dickinson (B&W)

Producer

Two Cities Films

Genre

Comedy. Drama | Anthology Film

Movie Groups

W. Somerset Maugham Adaptations | The Aesop's Fables Maugham Concerto Trilogy

Synopsis

The film is made from three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham. The first, "The Ant and the Grasshopper" concerns the trials and tribulations a ne'er-do-well brother, Tom Ramsey, puts his prim-and-proper businessman brother, George Ramsey through. The escapades that drive George to absolute distraction eventually wins the hand of the world's third richest girl, Margaret Vyne, for shiftless Tom; "Winter Cruise" finds the crew of a cargo boat becoming unglued by the endless chatter of a spinster passenger named Miss Reid. In a desperate attempt to silence the prattling busybody, the ship's officers browbeat a French steward, Pierre into making love to her. The results provide some astounding surprises for the officers, Pierre, and, for certain, Miss Reid; In "The Gigolo and the Gigolette" segment, beautiful daredevil Stella Cotman, who entertains...

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Encore

1951

Harold French ...