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The Moon and Sixpence was an American television movie broadcast on NBC on October 30, 1959. The production, starring Laurence Olivier, was adapted by S. Lee Pogostin from the novel by Somerset Maugham.
The Moon and Sixpence: Directed by Robert Mulligan. With Laurence Olivier, Judith Anderson, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy. A staid, dull Englishman abruptly deserts his wife and children to become a painter in the South Seas.
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- Drama
- Robert Mulligan
- 1959-10-30
Nov 2, 2022 · A staid, dull Englishman abruptly abandons his middle-class life, his family, and his duties to become a painter in the South Seas. Loosely inspired by Paul Gauguin's life, this is the story of ...
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The story of Charles Strickland, an aging stockbroker who deserts his family to pursue a career as an artist. Based on the 1925 novel by William Somerset Maugham. The novel was first adapted to television via "The Somerset Maugham Theater" on April 30, 1951, with Lee J. Cobb and Olive Deering as C.
- Robert Mulligan
- Cyril Cusack
The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, first published on 15 April 1919. It is told in episodic form by a first-person narrator providing a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire ...
When stockbroker Charles Strickland (George Sanders) abruptly abandons his wife and family, his friend, writer Geoffrey Wolfe (Herbert Marshall), tracks him to Paris.
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The Moon and Sixpence. 1959 · 1 hr 21 min. TV-14. Drama. A dull Englishman abruptly abandons his middle-class life, his family and his duties to follow his dreams of becoming a painter in the South Seas. Starring: Hume Cronyn Jean Marsh Cyril Cusack Denholm Elliott Murray Matheson. Directed by: Robert Mulligan.
