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The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel in this adaptation of Terence Rattigan's classic play.

Release Date : 1958-12-18

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Norlan ProductionsHecht-Hill-Lancaster ProductionsClifton Productions

Production Country : United States of America

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Cast

Character Name : Sibyl Railton-Bell

Original Name : Deborah Kerr

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ann Shankland

Original Name : Rita Hayworth

Gender : Female

Character Name : David Angus Pollock

Original Name : David Niven

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pat Cooper

Original Name : Wendy Hiller

Gender : Female

Character Name : John Malcolm

Original Name : Burt Lancaster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Railton-Bell

Original Name : Gladys Cooper

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gladys Matheson

Original Name : Cathleen Nesbitt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mr. Fowler

Original Name : Felix Aylmer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charles

Original Name : Rod Taylor

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jean

Original Name : Audrey Dalton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miss Meacham

Original Name : May Hallatt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Doreen

Original Name : Priscilla Morgan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mabel (uncredited)

Original Name : Hilda Plowright

Gender : Female

Reviews

talisencrw

@talisencrw

2021-06-23

Mann's film will certainly please those who are fans of 'Grand Hotel' and other such star-packed films with a soap operatic-flavor, although it definitely is smaller in scale. It has several of my favourite stars from that era, such as Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth, David Niven, Dame Wendy Hiller, Burt Lancaster and Rod Taylor, and their interplay befits such fine casting. It's weird seeing Lancaster and Niven cast as rogues, that a film set in Dorset, England was made entirely in Hollywood and that the screenplay was an amalgamation of two one-act plays by Terence Rattigan, opened up in order to include more stars. The endeavor worked, as Best Adapted Screenplay was one of its seven Oscar nominations (it ended up winning two, for Niven and Hiller's performances). I heartily recommend the film to anyone who enjoys either any of the aforementioned stars or fine films of the era (especially ones about the British, and ones derived from the stage). It'll certainly be 100 minutes worthy of your effort--Mann was one of the best at this sort of thing (also see 'Marty' if you have any such doubts)...