The Beachcomber (1954)
Overview
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.
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What is The Beachcomber about?
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. The Beachcomber is a Drama, Romance, Comedy movie, released on 1954-08-10, runtime 82 minutes.
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Directed by
Muriel Box
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
- Michael Hordern as The Headman
- Auric Lorand as Alfred - Major Domo
- Tony Quinn as Ship Captain
- Ah Chong Choy as Wang - the Barkeep
- Ronald Lewis as Headman's Son
- Jeanne Roland as Amao
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