The Beachcomber

The Beachcomber

1954 · 82 min · ★ 6.2 · Drama, Romance, Comedy

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.

Directed by Muriel Box

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Glynis Johns Martha Jones
Robert Newton Ted Wilson
Donald Sinden Ewart Gray
Paul Rogers Re. Owen Jones
Donald Pleasence Tromp
Walter Crisham Vederala
Michael Hordern The Headman
Auric Lorand Alfred - Major Domo
Tony Quinn Ship Captain
Ah Chong Choy Wang - the Barkeep
Ronald Lewis Headman's Son
Jeanne Roland Amao

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