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Running Time
1 hour, 40 minutes
Country USA
Studio Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, United Artists
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Other Titles
• Separate Tables
• Getrennt von Tisch und Bett (1959)
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Genre: Drama, Psychodrama, Infidelity
Plot: This film version of Terence Rattigan's 1955 West End hit features a stellar ensemble cast. The film follows the interplay of a group of lonely characters who are staying at a slightly shabby seaside hotel in Bournemouth. The term "separate tables" refers to the practice of seating single guests at their own tables in the dining room, and serves as a metaphor for the characters' fear of intimacy. Major Pollack (David Niven) is a retired officer who likes to wax eloquent about fanciful acts of heroism in WWII North Africa, and Sybil Railton-Bell (Deborah Kerr) is a repressed spinster boxed in by an oppressive mother (Gladys Cooper). John Malcolm (Burt Lancaster), a cynical, hard-drinking, occasional writer, is surprised by the sudden arrival of his ex-wife Ann (Rita Hayworth). Though Ann's legendary beauty is dimmed by age, Ann and John both reach tentatively for some human contact. SEPARATE TABLES, a work that now seems relatively tame, was controversial in its day for attempting to deal with sexual problems, however obliquely. The all-star cast is excellent, but it is the genius of Wendy Hiller, in a small part, that steals the show.
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Related Movies:
- version of Separate Tables (1983)
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| Directed by |
Delbert Mann
Marty, That Touch of Mink, All Quiet on the Western Front |
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| Written by |
John Gay
Run Silent Run Deep, Ivanhoe, Soldier Blue | Terence Rattigan
The Winslow Boy, The Browning Version, The Prince and the Showgirl |
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| Cast |
Deborah Kerr
From Here to Eternity, The King and I, Casino Royale |
 | Rita Hayworth
Gilda, The Lady from Shanghai, Only Angels Have Wings |
 | David Niven
The Pink Panther, The Guns of Navarone, Casino Royale |
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 | Rod Taylor
The Birds, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Time Machine |
 | Wendy Hiller
The Elephant Man, A Man for All Seasons, Murder on the Orient Express | | |
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| Music By |
David Raksin
Laura, The Day After, The Bad and the Beautiful |
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