Encore

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.

Comedy Drama

Glynis Johns

(Stella Cotman)

Nigel Patrick

(Tom Ramsay)

Roland Culver

(George Ramsay)

Alison Leggatt

(Freda Ramsay)

Charles Victor

(Mr. Bateman)

Peter Graves

(Philip Cronshaw)

Margaret Withers

(Mrs. Bateman)

Margaret Vyner

(Gertrude Wilmot)

John Laurie

(Andrews, Engineer)

Noel Purcell

(Tom, Captain)

Ronald Squire

(Doctor)

W. Somerset Maugham

(Self and Narrator)

Dorothy Bramhall

(Secretary)

Patricia Raine

(Office Girl)

Campbell Cotts

(Club Member)

Michael Trubshawe

(Ascot Man)

Kay Walsh

(Miss Molly Reid)

Jacques François

(Pierre, French Steward)

John Horsley

(Joe, Mate)

Joan Harben

(Miss Nora Price)

Brenda Hogan

(Young Wife)

Vincent Ball

(Young Husband)

Carol Wolveridge

(Little Girl)

John Warren

(Ship's Officer)

Terence Morgan

(Syd Cotman)

David Hutcheson

(Sandy Wescott)

Charles Goldner

(Paco Espinal)

Mary Merrall

(Flora Penezzi)

Martin Miller

(Carlo Penezzi)

Heather Thatcher

(Eva Barrett)

Guido Lorraine

(Russian Prince)

Daphne Barker

(Italian Countess)

Ferdy Mayne

(Head Waiter)

Guy De Monceau

(Bandleader)

Irène Hilda

Muriel George

(Mrs. Robinson)

Reg Thomason

(Casino Patron (uncredited))

Robert Brooks Turner

(Seaman Leaving Ship as Passengers Board (uncredited))