
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.
Director Harold French
Cast

Guido Lorraine
Russian Prince

Muriel George
Mrs. Robinson

Glynis Johns
Stella Cotman

Ronald Squire
Doctor

Roland Culver
George Ramsay

Charles Victor
Mr. Bateman

Terence Morgan
Syd Cotman

Mary Merrall
Flora Penezzi

Martin Miller
Carlo Penezzi

Nigel Patrick
Tom Ramsay

Alison Leggatt
Freda Ramsay

Patricia Raine
Office Girl

Vincent Ball
Young Husband

Noel Purcell
Tom, Captain

Jacques François
Pierre, French Steward

Margaret Withers
Mrs. Bateman

W. Somerset Maugham
Self and Narrator

Kay Walsh
Miss Molly Reid

Brenda Hogan
Young Wife

Heather Thatcher
Eva Barrett

Peter Graves
Philip Cronshaw

Margaret Vyner
Gertrude Wilmot

John Laurie
Andrews, Engineer

David Hutcheson
Sandy Wescott

Ferdy Mayne
Head Waiter

Michael Trubshawe
Ascot Man

John Horsley
Joe, Mate