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6.3Mr. 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.
Released: 1954-08-1082 minDir: Muriel BoxDrama, Romance, Comedy
Stream on: Shout! Factory Amazon Channel
Cast
- Glynis Johns as Martha Jones
- Robert Newton as Ted Wilson
- Donald Sinden as Ewart Gray
- Paul Rogers as Re. Owen Jones
- Donald Pleasence as Tromp
- Walter Crisham as Vederala
Themes
- woman director
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 82
- FilmAffinity ID
- 835660
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- publication date
- 1954-01-01
- title
- The Beachcomber
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Gallery (5)
Connections
Sri Lanka
Country
Indian Ocean
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cholera
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IMDb
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The New York Times
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William Somerset Maugham
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Tierra del Fuego
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appendicitis
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Donald Pleasence
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Charles Laughton
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United Artists
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Glynis Johns
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crushing by elephant
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Elsa Lanchester
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comedy drama
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Pinewood Studios
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uninhabited island
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art director
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Netherlands New Guinea
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arrack
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Categories
1954 British films1954 comedy-drama films1954 English-language films1954 filmsBritish comedy-drama filmsEnglish-language comedy-drama filmsFilms based on short fictionFilms based on works by W. Somerset MaughamFilms directed by Muriel BoxFilms produced by Sydney BoxFilms set in the Indian OceanFilms set on islandsFilms shot at Pinewood StudiosFilms shot in Sri LankaFilms with screenplays by Sydney BoxTemplate film date with 1 release dateUnited Artists films