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Overview
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Writers:
Eric Ambler (screenplay) (segment "Gigolo and Gigolette")
T.E.B. Clarke (screenplay) (segment "The Ant and the Grasshopper")
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T.E.B. Clarke (screenplay) (segment "The Ant and the Grasshopper")
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Release Date:
July 1952 (USA)
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Tagline:
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Plot:
The film is made from three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham. The first, "The Ant and the Grasshopper"...
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Ne'er Do Well
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Diving
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Steward
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1 nomination
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Nigel Patrick | ... | Tom Ramsay (segment "The Ant and the Grasshopper") | |
| Roland Culver | ... | George Ramsay (segment "The Ant and the Grasshopper") | |
| Alison Leggatt | ... | Freda Ramsay (segment "The Ant and the Grasshopper") | |
| Charles Victor | ... | Mr. Bateman (segment "The Ant and the Grasshopper") | |
| Peter Graves | ... | Philip Cronshaw (segment "The Ant and the Grasshopper") | |
| Margaret Withers | ... | Mrs. Bateman (segment "The Ant and the Grasshopper") | |
| Margaret Vyner | ... | Gertrude Wilmot (segment "The Ant and the Grasshopper") | |
| Dorothy Bramhall | ... | Secretary (segment "The Ant and the Grasshopper") | |
| Patricia Raine | ... | Office Girl (segment "The Ant and the Grasshopper") | |
| Campbell Cotts | ... | Club Member (segment "The Ant and the Grasshopper") | |
| Michael Trubshawe | ... | Ascot Man (segment "The Ant and the Grasshopper") | |
| Kay Walsh | ... | Miss Molly Reid (segment "Winter Cruise") | |
| Noel Purcell | ... | Tom, Captain (segment "Winter Cruise") | |
| Ronald Squire | ... | Doctor (segment "Winter Cruise") | |
| John Laurie | ... | Andrews, Engineer (segment "Winter Cruise") |
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USA:89 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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This is another trio of Somerset Maugham's short stories. The first one has been wiped from my memory, it was exceedingly dull! The second one started off well, and ended splendidly, but started to drag in the middle. It's the 3rd and final tale that is the gem, centering on a daredevil girl who "dives from a height of 80 feet in 5 foot of flames" - her pool to land in is actually set alight! - and her boyfriend, who are trying to get some money together for a safe future, by her doing a most unsafe act. It will have you on the edge of your seat, guaranteed! Respectively, I give the three tales 3, 6, and 10 out of 10.