Another Shore
Another Shore is a 1948 Ealing Studios comedy film directed by Charles Crichton.[1] It stars Robert Beatty as Gulliver Shields, an Irish customs official who dreams of living on a South Sea island; particularly Rarotonga.[2] It is based on the book by Kenneth Reddin, an Irish judge.[3]
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| 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 |
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| Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK) |
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Running time | 77 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Premise
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 – Bats Vere-Brown
- Muriel Aked – Old lady
- Wilfrid Brambell – Arthur Moore
- Michael J. Dolan – Twiss
References
- "Another Shore (1948)". BFI.
- "Another Shore (1948) - Charles Crichton | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie" – via www.allmovie.com.
- Dawe, Gerald (8 June 2018). "The Wrong Country: Essays on Modern Irish Writing". Irish Academic Press – via Google Books.
- Rockett, Kevin; Gibbons, Luke; Hill, John (21 January 2014). "Cinema and Ireland". Routledge – via Google Books.
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