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Overview

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Director:
Delbert Mann
Writers:
John Gay (writer)
Terence Rattigan (play)
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Release Date:
18 December 1958 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance more
Plot:
The stories of several people are told as they stay at a seaside hotel in Bournemouth which features dining at "Separate Tables." full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 12 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Underrating Rita.
 (From FilmExperience. 27 July 2009, 3:55 PM, PDT)
Oscars Quiz: Which of these four best-picture champs also had its director nominated?
 (From Gold Derby. 30 December 2008, 11:43 PM, PST)
User Comments:
I call it heartwarming more (45 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Deborah Kerr ... Sibyl Railton-Bell

Rita Hayworth ... Ann Shankland

David Niven ... Major Angus Pollock
Wendy Hiller ... Pat Cooper

Burt Lancaster ... John Malcolm
Gladys Cooper ... Mrs. Railton-Bell
Cathleen Nesbitt ... Lady Matheson
Felix Aylmer ... Mr. Fowler
Rod Taylor ... Charles
Audrey Dalton ... Jean
May Hallatt ... Miss Meacham
Priscilla Morgan ... Doreen
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hilda Plowright ... Mabel (uncredited)

Directed by
Delbert Mann 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
John Gay  writer
John Michael Hayes  uncredited
Terence Rattigan  play
Terence Rattigan  screenplay

Produced by
Harold Hecht .... producer
Harry Horner .... associate producer (uncredited)
 
Original Music by
David Raksin 
 
Cinematography by
Charles Lang  (as Charles Lang Jr.)
 
Film Editing by
Charles Ennis 
Marjorie Fowler 
 
Production Design by
Harry Horner 
 
Art Direction by
Edward Carrere 
 
Set Decoration by
Edward G. Boyle 
 
Makeup Department
Harry Maret .... makeup artist
Helene Parrish .... hair stylist
Franz Prehoda .... makeup artist
Joan St. Oegger .... hair stylist
Robert J. Schiffer .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Gilbert Kurland .... executive production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Shaw .... assistant director (as Thomas P. Shaw)
Harry Horner .... second unit director: Bournemouth (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Fred Lau .... sound recordist
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mary Grant .... costume supervisor
Edith Head .... gowns: Miss Hayworth
 
Music Department
Vic Damone .... vocalist (uncredited)
Harry Warren .... composer: theme music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Harold Hecht .... presenter (as Hecht-Hill-Lancaster)
James Hill .... presenter (as Hecht-Hill-Lancaster)
Burt Lancaster .... presenter (as Hecht-Hill-Lancaster)
 
Crew verified as complete


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Additional Details

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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording)
Certification:
Germany:12 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | West Germany:12 (f) | Finland:K-12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) (1998)
Filming Locations:
Stage 5, Samuel Goldwyn/Warnert Hollywood Studios, 1041 N. Formosa Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The Major's musical theme is a variation on the Scottish song "Wha Wadna Fecht For Charlie?" more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Major Pollock is handed the newspaper in the last scene of the movie, it is folded in half in one shot but folded in fourths in another - the evidence being the picture on the back 'half' being upright. In reality, if in half the picture would be upside down. more
Quotes:
John Malcolm: [to Ann] You know something? No one else I know of lies with such sincerity. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Laverne & Shirley: Separate Tables (#5.26)" (1980) more
Soundtrack:
Separate Tables more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
I call it heartwarming, 11 March 2003
Author: Joe R. Struble (jost@geh.org)

One would not expect such a very proper British movie (with bull in a china shop Burt Lancaster) to end up feeling just right, but it did. There are not many characters in a drama such as the one created by Terrence Ratigan and played so superbly by Wendy Hiller (somewhere in her career between the Salvation Army woman and the Princess Dragomira) who is romantic, realistic and does the right thing....as do nearly all the characters in the final scene. Quite right.

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