El torbellino de la vida (1950)
Película dividida en tres relatos. En el primero, un sacristán, expulsado de una parroquia cuando se averigua que no sabe ni leer ni escribir, se convierte en un empresario de éxito. En el segundo, un pasajero de un crucero de lujo se convierte en un héroe porque aprende a ganarse el respeto de los demás viajeros. El tercero narra el romance entre dos jóvenes que se enamoran en un sanatorio para tuberculosos.
Dirección:
Ken Annakin, Harold French.
Escritor:
W. Somerset Maugham
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Jean Simmons as Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium) |
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James Hayter as Albert Foreman (segment "The Verger") |
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Michael Rennie as Major George Templeton (segment Sanatorium) |
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Roland Culver as Mr. Ashenden |
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Wilfrid Hyde-White as Mr. Gray (segment Mr. Know-It-All) |
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Kathleen Harrison as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger) |
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Anne Crawford as Mrs. Ramsey (in segment Mr. Know-All) |
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Nigel Patrick as Max Kelada (in segment Mr. Know-All) |
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Felix Aylmer as Bank Manager |
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Lana Morris as Gladys |
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Michael Hordern as Vicar |
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Glyn Houston as Ted |
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Eliot Makeham as Sexton |
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Bill Travers as Fellowes (segment Mr. Know-It-All) |
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Henry Edwards as Church Warden |
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Naunton Wayne as Mr. Ramsey |
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Clive Morton as Ship's Captain |
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Dennis Harkin as Captain's Steward |
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Michael Medwin as Steward |
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Raymond Huntley as Mr. Henry Chester |
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Betty Ann Davies as Mrs. Helen Chester |
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André Morell as Dr. Lennox |
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John Laurie as Mr. Campbell |
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Finlay Currie as Mr. McLeod |
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W. Somerset Maugham as Himself |
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Marjorie Fielding as Mrs. Whitbread (uncredited) |
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Shelagh Fraser as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Joan Marion as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Mary Merrall as Miss Atkin (uncredited) |
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Kynaston Reeves as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Michael Ward as Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited) |
| Directing | Ken Annakin | Director |
| Directing | Harold French | Director |
| Directing | Gerald O'Hara | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Roy Goddard | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Alfred Roome | Editor |
| Writing | R.C. Sherriff | Writer |
| Writing | W. Somerset Maugham | Screenplay |
| Writing | W. Somerset Maugham | Story |
| Writing | Noel Langley | Writer |
