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Separate Tables (1958)

Drama | 100 minutes
3,43 54 votes

Genre: Drama / Romance

Duration: 100 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Delbert Mann

Stars: Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth and Burt Lancaster

IMDb score: 7,3 (9.602)

Releasedate: 18 December 1958

Separate Tables plot

"The international stage success seen by more than 42 million people in 145 cities all over the world!"

Sibyl Railton-Bell, a shy single person, stays with her bossy mother at a British seaside hotel where she encounters a war hero (Niven) and a divorced couple (Lancaster and Hayworth).

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Sibyl Railton-Bell

Ann Shankland

David Angus Pollock

Pat Cooper

John Malcolm

Mrs. Railton-Bell

Gladys Matheson

Mr. Fowler

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Roger Thornhill

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When I first saw this film I immediately hated the way David Niven (not my favorite actor anyway) played his usual light-hearted jolly good Englishman including handlebar mustache[/i ] is so exaggerated that he almost becomes a parody – until… Great role.

Also enjoyed the icy cruelty of Gladys Cooper as Deborah Kerr's pinching mother. Both the scenes with Niven and Cooper were sometimes indescribably painful, although of course for different reasons.

The way Deborah Kerr had to play her gray mouse was sometimes a bit exaggerated, and her repeated "mummy" quite annoying, but her big scene with David Niven was particularly moving.

Also nice: a young Rod Taylor, five years before the role everyone knows him for, as the tough hero of Hitchcock's [i]The Birds from 1963 (and forty years before his mini role as Churchill in Inglourious bastards).

Very clearly a film adaptation of a wonderful traditional play without any attempt to disguise its origins, and thanks to fascinating characters, a catchy plot and excellent performances, a beautiful film. The fact that it may no longer be "of this time" for modern viewers leaves me personally cold.

"The trouble about being on the side of right, as one sees it, is that one often finds oneself in the company of such very questionable allies." (said by Felix Aylmer as Mr. Fowler)

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BBarbie

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Strong (social) psychological drama with a top cast. The diversity in the characters of the various characters makes this a particularly pleasant film, which manages to hold your attention from beginning to end, despite the fact that not that many spectacular things actually happen.

This is mainly due to the excellent acting across the board, where I would especially like to point out Wendy Hiller, David Niven and Deborah Kerr (as the grayest mouse I can remember). Very good.

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A film of its time, based on the play of the same name and with a star cast. Because even though you have David Niven and Burt Lancaster here, the two big stars on the bill (which they shared equally) are Deborah Kerr and Rita Hayworth. Kerr and Niven were 2 of 7 nominations at the Academy Awards. But it is David Niven who won the 2 final prizes together with Wendy Hiller. Hiller thought it was strange considering her contributions in the film. And Niven certainly doesn't do a bad job, but he still holds the record for the least screen time for someone who won the Oscar as best actor.

Just to say that the star cast provides divided attention, fortunately without clashing egos. In general you simply have two storylines. The one around Kerr/Niven and the one around Hayworth/Lancaster. They do come together to some extent, although that could have been more for the film, which is also not overly long. On the other hand, you do have storylines that are rather thin, but by putting them together they fill the film.

Separate Tables is a nice quiet film that is sufficiently interesting thanks to the cast. But it will never be memorable. What a film with 7 Oscar nominations may be. (for what Hollywood awards themselves are worth, of course).

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