Separate Tables (1958)

7.4Approved100 minDirector: Delbert Mann

1958 film

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.

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What is Separate Tables about?
Separate Tables (1958) — Life at the Beauregard Hotel in Bournemouth during the off-season livens up when beautiful Ann Shankland arrives to see her alcoholic ex-husband John Malcolm, who is secretly engaged to Pat Cooper, who runs the hotel. Meanwhile, snobbish Mrs. Railton-Bell discovers that the kind
Is Separate Tables based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Separate Tables scary?
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