Another Shore
| Another Shore | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Charles Crichton |
| Produced by |
Michael Balcon Ivor Montagu |
| Written by |
Kenneth Reddin (story) Walter Meade (screenplay) |
| Starring |
Robert Beatty Moira Lister Stanley Holloway |
| Music by | Georges Auric |
| Cinematography | Douglas Slocombe |
| Edited by | Bernard Gribble |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release date | 20 December 1948 |
Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Another Shore is a 1948 Ealing Studios comedy film/tragedy filmed in Ireland. It stars Robert Beatty as Gulliver Shields, an Irish customs official who dreams of living on a South Sea island; particularly Rarotonga. It is based on the book by Kenneth Reddin, an Irish judge.
Robert Beatty was a Canadian actor who had a major success playing an IRA man in Odd Man Out.
Synopsis
Gulliver leaves his job in Dublin to sit on a park bench waiting for an elderly person to faint that in his mind, he will rescue and they will reward him with an amount of money to get him to the South Seas. He meets Jennifer, a society playgirl who is fascinated by Gulliver's indifference to her. The day of destiny comes when he has to choose between his dreams and Jennifer.
Main cast
- Robert Beatty – Gulliver Shields
- Moira Lister – Jennifer
- Stanley Holloway – Alastair McNeil
- Michael Medwin – Yellow Bingham
- Sheila Manahan – Nora
- Fred O'Donovan – Coghlan
- Maureen Delany – Mrs Gleeson
- Dermot Kelly – Boxer
- Irene Worth – Bucsy Vere-Brown
- Bill Shine (actor) – Bats Vere-Brown
- Muriel Aked – Old lady
- Wilfrid Brambell – Arthur Moore
- Michael J. Dolan – Twiss
External links
- Another Shore on IMDb
- Review at Variety
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