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The Beachcomber

Muriel Box
UK      82 m.
Synopsis

Mr. Gray is the new British Resident of the Welcome Islands. The only other Europeans are the brother-sister missionary team of Martha and Owen Jones, and the Honourable Ted - a hard-drinking, social outcast whose English family pays him to stay away. Martha and Ted are forced to collaborate when cholera threatens the islands and they must do their best to stop its spread.

Director
Muriel Box (United Kingdom)
Screenplay
Sydney Box
Production
The J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Sydney Box Production
Photography
Reginald Wyer
Edition
Jean Barker
Music
Francis Chagrin
Cast
Glynis Johns, Robert Newton, Donald Sinden, Paul Rogers, Donald Pleasence
Running Time
82 m.
Country
UK
Year
1954
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