Personal Affair
A British girl (Glynis Johns) disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife (Gene Tierney) of a Latin teacher (Leo Genn) she loves.
Anthony PĂ©lissier
Casts & Crew
Gene Tierney
Leo Genn
Glynis Johns
Walter Fitzgerald
Pamela Brown
Megs Jenkins
Michael Hordern
Thora Hird
Norah Gorsen
Nanette Newman
Martin Boddey
Michael Brennan
Peggy Ann Clifford
Shirley Eaton
Everley Gregg
Lucy Griffiths
Philo Hauser
Noel Hood
John Horsley
Avice Landone
Michael Ripper
John Warren
Mela White
Also Directed by Anthony PĂ©lissier
Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.
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Part of BFI collection "Portrait of a People."
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