The Beachcomber

The Beachcomber (1954)

Mr. Gray is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the "sanctimonious, psalm-singing" brother-sister missionary team of Martha and Owen Jordans, and the Honourable Ted - a hard-drinking, womanizing social outcast whose English family pays him to stay away. Martha and Ted become an unlikely team when cholera threatens the islands and they must do their best to stop its spread.

Erscheinungsdatum
1954-08-10
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (8)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 22 Min.
Genres
Drama, Liebesfilm, Komödie
Regie
Muriel Box

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

  • Gedreht in: Pinewood Studios

The Beachcomber is a 1954 British comedy drama film directed by Muriel Box starring Donald Sinden, Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Paul Rogers, Donald Pleasence and Michael Hordern. The film is based on the 1931 short story "The Vessel of Wrath" by W. Somerset Maugham and was adapted by Sydney Box. It was the second screen adaptation of the book following the 1938 film Vessel of Wrath.

Production

The remake was announced in September 1953. Glynis Johns' casting was announced the following month Her fee was a reported £10,000.

It was the second time Newton had followed Laughton in a film role, the first being Les Misérables (1952). Newton said "When I told Charlie that I was going to play the part he wished me luck. Then he said: 'And when you've made it I'll reissue mine again.' " Newton had been living in Los Angeles but returned to London in January 1954 to make Trilby then The Beachcomber.

The film was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). The film's sets were designed by the art director George Provis. Ronald Lewis made one of his first film appearances.

Donald Sinden, then a contract star for the Rank Organisation at Pinewood Studios, recalls:

Robert Newton should have been perfect in the part. It is no secret that he was a very heavy drinker and recently, but not for the first time, he had been warned by his doctors that if he did not stop he would more than likely pop off in the very near future.

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