The Beachcomber

Aug 10, 1954

1h 22m

★ 6.0

Overview

Mr. Gray is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the "sanctimonious, psalm-singing" brother-sister missionary team of Martha and Owen Jordans, and the Honourable Ted - a hard-drinking, womanizing social outcast whose English family pays him to stay away. Martha and Ted become an unlikely team when cholera threatens the islands and they must do their best to stop its spread.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Comedy

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Cast

Martha Jones

Glynis Johns

Ted Wilson

Robert Newton

Ewart Gray

Donald Sinden

Re. Owen Jones

Paul Rogers

Tromp

Donald Pleasence

Vederala

Walter Crisham

The Headman

Michael Hordern

Alfred - Major Domo

Auric Lorand

Ship Captain

Tony Quinn

Wang - the Barkeep

Ah Chong Choy

Headman's Son

Ronald Lewis

Amao

Jeanne Roland

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