The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel.
Acting
Niven and Hiller both won Oscars; every glance is a novel
Writing
Terence Rattigan's surgical dissection of British manners
Direction
Mann lets silences scream louder than speeches
Director
Delbert Mann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Niven's Oscar acceptance speech is legendary: 'I had a dream I was making this speech and I was naked.'
This was Lancaster and Kerr's second pairing; their first was 'From Here to Eternity' — talk about range.
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