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Movie Info
During the off-season at the Beauregard Hotel, the secrets of some guests are exposed. Lovely but vulnerable Ann Shankland (Rita Hayworth) travels to the hotel in hopes of starting over with her ex-husband, John (Burt Lancaster), but she does not know that he is already engaged to Pat Cooper (Wendy Hiller), the manager of the hotel. Meanwhile, Mrs. Railton-Bell (Gladys Cooper) and her daughter Sibyl (Deborah Kerr) discover the hidden truth about war veteran Major Pollack (David Niven).
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: English
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Director: Delbert Mann
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Producer: Harold Hecht
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Writer: Terence Rattigan, John Gay
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Distributor: United Artists
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Production Co: Hill-Hecht-Lancaster Productions
Cast & Crew

David Niven
Major Angus Pollock

Burt Lancaster
John Malcolm

Deborah Kerr
Sibyl Railton-Bell

Rita Hayworth
Ann Shankland

Wendy Hiller
Pat Cooper

Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Railton-Bell

Cathleen Nesbitt
Lady Matheson

Felix Aylmer
Mr. Fowler

Rod Taylor
Charles

Audrey Dalton
Jean

May Hallatt
Miss Meacham

Priscilla Morgan
Doreen

Hilda Plowright
Mabel

Delbert Mann
Director

Harold Hecht
Producer

Terence Rattigan
Screenwriter

John Gay
Screenwriter

David Raksin
Original Music

Charles Lang
Cinematographer

Charles Ennis
Film Editing

Marjorie Fowler
Film Editing

Harry Horner
Production Design

Edward Carrere
Art Director

Edward G. Boyle
Set Decoration
Critic Reviews for Separate Tables
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Aug 20, 2021
You can appreciate Rattigan's writing, especially since a lot of the material about shame and judgment clearly came from his own experience as a gay man in the mid 20th century, while also recognizes that this all plays a lot better on stage.
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Mar 13, 2014
Niven once mentioned in his autobiography that he was never a great actor but he really comes to the fore in this tale of strangers coming together at a hotel initially separated but eventually interacting in a marvelous way.
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Jun 04, 2013
Little more than a glorified soap opera, one that belittles gossips and gossiping while diving headlong into the same, thereby allowing one both the pleasure of looking down at others as well as the pleasure of looking down at people who are low enough to take pleasure in such common and tawdry filth. Or, in a word, British. All the this is raised slightly by a super cast, simply enjoyable to watch.
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Jan 24, 2009
It is interesting to see some of the better movies of the 50's. I only watched this as the TV guide rated it 4 *'s. Can you imagine "living" at a seaside hotel for four years the way Major Pollock did? The movie was fine. When you "live" in a hotel for a long time, and in high society Britain, everybody knows everyone else's business. This can make for an interesting story. I was amazed to read however that two of the ensemble of actors won Academy Awards,
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