Top billed cast

1. 

   Charles Laughton

   Ginger Ted

2. 

   Elsa Lanchester

   Martha Jones

3. 

   Robert Newton

   The Controleur

4. 

   Tyrone Guthrie

   Dr Owen Jones

5. 

   Eliot Makeham

   The Native Head Clerk

6. 

   Dolly Mollinger

   Lia

7. 

   D.A. Ward

   Albert

8. 

   J. Solomon

   Sgt. Henrik

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-11-03

Maybe not one of W. Somerset Maugham's more complex stories, but it still gives us a chance to watch Robert Newton, Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester give us a bit of the reverse "Sadie Thompson". It's the unlikable "Ginger Ted" (Laughton) who manages to upset the rather puritanical "Martha" (Lanchester) and her minister-brother "Owen" (Tyrone Guthrie). She demands that local magistrate (Newton) throw the book at him after his latest drunken outburst, but the wily old administrator sees an opportunity to ensure peace breaks out by managing to have the pair stranded on a remote island amidst...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• missionary
• drunk