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Separate Tables
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Separate Tables is a 1958 American drama based on a work by Terence Rattigan, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Gay and John Michael Hayes. Directed by Delbert Mann and set in England, it was filmed in black-and-white and stars Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, David Niven and Burt Lancaster, with cinematography by Charles Lang, a score by David Raksin, and production design by Harry Horner. Harold Hecht produced it for United Artists.
The film won the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actor, and was named to the National Board of Review's Top Ten Films. It was also nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress, Best Actor and Best Actress, and runs 98 minutes.
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7.0The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel.
Cast
- Deborah Kerr as Sibyl Railton-Bell
- Rita Hayworth as Ann Shankland
- David Niven as Major Angus Pollock
- Wendy Hiller as Pat Cooper
- Burt Lancaster as John Malcolm
- Gladys Cooper as Mrs. Railton-Bell
Themes
- hotel
- based on play or musical
- scandal
- major
- writer
- seaside
- seaside town
- dorset
- understated
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Delbert Mann
- Screenplay by
- Terence Rattigan John Gay John Michael Hayes (uncredited)
- Based on
- Separate Tables , by Terence Rattigan
- Produced by
- Harold Hecht
- Starring
- Rita Hayworth Deborah Kerr David Niven Wendy Hiller Burt Lancaster
- Cinematography
- Charles Lang
- Edited by
- Marjorie Fowler
- Music by
- David Raksin (score), Harry Warren and Harold Adamson (song "Separate Tables", sung by Vic Damone (uncredited) )
- Production companies
- Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions Clifton Productions
- Distributed by
- United Artists
- Release dates
- December 18, 1958 ( 1958-12-18 ) (New York, USA)
- Running time
- 100 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Box office
- $3.1 million (est. US/ Canada rentals) , 244,284 admissions (France)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Delbert Mann
- Screenwriter
- John Michael Hayes
- Composer
- David Raksin
- Producer
- Harold Hecht
- Cinematographer
- Charles Lang
- Narrative location
- England
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 423358
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 11 more facts
- publication date
- 1958-01-01
- title
- Separate Tables
- production designer
- Harry Horner
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- United Artists
- after a work by
- Terence Rattigan
- Commons category
- Separate Tables (film)
- film editor
- Marjorie Fowler
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- hotel
- review score
- 67%
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Encyclopedic overview
Separate Tables is a 1958 American drama film starring Rita Hayworth, Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Burt Lancaster, and Wendy Hiller, based on two one-act plays by Terence Rattigan that were collectively known by this title. Niven and Hiller won Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively. The picture was directed by Delbert Mann and adapted for the screen by Rattigan, John Gay and an uncredited John Michael Hayes. Mary Grant and Edith Head designed the film's costumes.
Plot
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