Separate Tables

Name: Separate Tables
Released: 1958
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 77.4074074074074
Cast: Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth, David Niven, Wendy Hiller, Burt Lancaster

Separate Tables

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Drama / Romance

USA, 1958, 100 min

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Delbert Mann's 1958 classic MGM drama Separate Tables, based on a Terence Rattigan play and co-scripted by Rattigan himself, is a star-studded character study of a group of eccentric residents of a Bournemouth boarding house who all share a common trait - loneliness. Major Pollack (David Niven) hides a dark secret behind a polished military career; Sibyl Railton-Bell (Deborah Kerr), is a shy neurotic who lacks the courage to break away from her domineering mother; John Malcolm (Burt Lancaster) is a disenchanted writer who hides his bitterness in a pool of alcohol; and Ann Shankland (Rita Hayworth) is an ageing model whose narcissism masks her deep fear of growing old alone. In one emotional evening, these four unhappy misfits will bare their innermost secrets and change each other's lives forever. (British Film Institute (BFI))

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Academy Awards

1959 - David Niven (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
1959 - Wendy Hiller (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
1959 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
1959 - Deborah Kerr (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
1959 - John Gay, Terence Rattigan (Best Adapted Screenplay)
1959 - Charles Lang (Best Cinematography (Black-and-White))
1959 - David Raksin (Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score))