Movie: The Beachcomber

Top 10 Billed Cast

Glynis Johns
Glynis Johns

Martha Jones

Robert Newton
Robert Newton

Ted Wilson

Donald Sinden
Donald Sinden

Ewart Gray

Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers

Re. Owen Jones

Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence

Tromp

Walter Crisham
Walter Crisham

Vederala

Michael Hordern
Michael Hordern

The Headman

Auric Lorand
Auric Lorand

Alfred - Major Domo

Tony Quinn
Tony Quinn

Ship Captain

Ah Chong Choy
Ah Chong Choy

Wang - the Barkeep

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    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.

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    1954-08-10

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