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7.0/10 • 120

1958-12-181h 38m

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The international stage success seen by more than 42 million people in 145 cities all over the world!

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.

Directors
Delbert Mann
Editors
Marjorie Fowler

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Deborah Kerr

    Deborah Kerr

    Sibyl Railton-Bell

  2. Rita Hayworth

    Rita Hayworth

    Ann Shankland

  3. David Niven

    David Niven

    David Angus Pollock

  4. Wendy Hiller

    Wendy Hiller

    Pat Cooper

  5. Burt Lancaster

    Burt Lancaster

    John Malcolm

  6. Gladys Cooper

    Gladys Cooper

    Mrs. Railton-Bell

  7. Cathleen Nesbitt

    Cathleen Nesbitt

    Gladys Matheson

  8. Felix Aylmer

    Felix Aylmer

    Mr. Fowler

  9. Rod Taylor

    Rod Taylor

    Charles

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talisencrw

Jan 19, 2016

9/10

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)...

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
hotelbased on play or musicalscandalmajorwriterseasideseaside towndorsetunderstated