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The Beachcomber (1938)

HE'S GONE TO THE DOGS...And He Likes It!

Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance

Runtime : 1H 32M

Director : Erich Pommer
Writer : Bartlett Cormack

Synopsis

Ginger Ted, AKA Edward Claude Wilson, a drunkard and womanizer, and Miss Jones, a missionary, live in the Alas Islands. During a cholera epidemic, Ginger Ted and Miss Jones are sent to an outlying part of the islands to run a hospital; on their return, their motorboat breaks down, and they are marooned overnight on a small island.

Actors

Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton
Ginger Ted
Elsa Lanchester
Elsa Lanchester
Martha Jones
Robert Newton
Robert Newton
The Controleur
Tyrone Guthrie
Tyrone Guthrie
Dr Owen Jones
Eliot Makeham
Eliot Makeham
The Native Head Clerk
Dolly Mollinger
Dolly Mollinger
Lia
D.A. Ward
D.A. Ward
Albert
J. Solomon
J. Solomon
Sgt. Henrik

Crews

Erich Pommer
Erich Pommer
Director
Charles Laughton
Charles Laughton
Producer
Erich Pommer
Erich Pommer
Producer
W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham
Story
Bartlett Cormack
Bartlett Cormack
Screenplay
Jules Kruger
Jules Kruger
Director of Photography
Richard Addinsell
Richard Addinsell
Original Music Composer

Posters and backgrounds

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