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Life in an English bed and breakfast where the eccentric guests all have one common trait – loneliness. There's Major Pollack who hides a dark secret behind a polished military veneer; Sibyl Railton-Bell, a shy, neurotic old maid who lacks the courage to break away from her domineering mother. John Malcolm, a disenchanted .. Read more

Starring	Burt Lancaster, Rita Hayworth, David Niven, Deborah Kerr
Director	Delbert Mann
Genres	Drama

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- The genteel melodramas seem less convincing on the Hollywood screen than they did on the London stage, but the handling is thoroughly professional.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
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  Timeless classic
  
  If ever a film is held up by acting ability alone this is it, simply superb.
  
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  - 17 Jul 2007 at 08:28
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  "DESPERATE TABLES"
  
  Separate Tables is about LONELINESS and the Director has failed monumentally to convey the pathos of the storyl The quality of the acting in Rattigan's ... read more »
  
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- - ovid
  - 34 reviews
  - Reading
  - 04 Apr 2011 at 09:27
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  It's all about the actors' performances
  
  A simple enough tale, in a single location. Even the camera doesn't move about much. So creates a study where the actors performances are the only thing to ... read more »
  
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- - sixtiesforever
  - 9 reviews
  - Dunstable
  - 07 Nov 2010 at 15:39
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  Separate Tables
  
  David Niven won his Oscar for this film and deservedly so. This is a film about a long-departed world, where many people lived lonely and separate lives in ... read more »
  
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- - nikkle
  - 8 reviews
  - swansea
  - 04 Feb 2010 at 19:39
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  Fawlty Towers without Basil
  
  It would be nice to think that some of the guests at Fawlty Towers are based on some of the characters here and thus gives more depth to their characters and ... read more »
  
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- - itstinks
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  - North of Reading
  - 03 Dec 2009 at 10:37
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  I have my reservations
  
  Stiff and stagy adaptation of a Rattigan play finds a lot of talented performers floundering slightly. Focussing on a group of residents at a seedy Bournemouth ... read more »
  
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- - RJNeb2
  - 752 reviews
  - London
  - 05 Apr 2008 at 14:21
- - 5
  - 0
  Timeless classic
  
  If ever a film is held up by acting ability alone this is it, simply superb.
  
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  - Edinburgh
  - 17 Jul 2007 at 08:28
- - 1
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  brilliant
  
  I really enjoyed this film. Burt Lancaster is really good, Deborah Kerr is totally different to her character in From Here To Eternity and David Niven got a ... read more »
  
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  - Leeds
  - 10 Jun 2007 at 16:33
- - 1
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  not as good as other three
  
  If you have seen the other three series of this fine comedy, you are not depriving yourself by giving this a miss. Keep your memories as happy ones!
  
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- - a customer
  - Leeds
  - 10 Jun 2007 at 16:31
- - 1
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  The times they are a-changin'
  
  To modern viewers, this may appear to be a lot of fuss about nothing. Seemingly tedious interactions between misfits marooned together in a quiet backwater of a... read more »
  
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- - Ian Beecroft
  - Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
  - 25 Feb 2007 at 18:42
- - 0
  - 1
  Hugely disappointing
  
  With a cast headed by the likes of David Niven, Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr I expected a real treat. Instead the film was slow and flat and contained some ... read more »
  
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- - Tim
  - London
  - 09 Jan 2006 at 08:03
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- - 5
  - 0
  Timeless classic
  
  If ever a film is held up by acting ability alone this is it, simply superb.
  
  Report this review
- 458940
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Edinburgh
  - 17 Jul 2007 at 08:28
- - 1
  - 0
  The times they are a-changin'
  
  To modern viewers, this may appear to be a lot of fuss about nothing. Seemingly tedious interactions between misfits marooned together in a quiet backwater of a... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 415043
- - Ian Beecroft
  - Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
  - 25 Feb 2007 at 18:42
- - 1
  - 0
  brilliant
  
  I really enjoyed this film. Burt Lancaster is really good, Deborah Kerr is totally different to her character in From Here To Eternity and David Niven got a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 448548
- - a customer
  - Leeds
  - 10 Jun 2007 at 16:33
- - 1
  - 0
  Separate Tables
  
  David Niven won his Oscar for this film and deservedly so. This is a film about a long-departed world, where many people lived lonely and separate lives in ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 857576
- - nikkle
  - 8 reviews
  - swansea
  - 04 Feb 2010 at 19:39
- - 1
  - 0
  It's all about the actors' performances
  
  A simple enough tale, in a single location. Even the camera doesn't move about much. So creates a study where the actors performances are the only thing to ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 937839
- - sixtiesforever
  - 9 reviews
  - Dunstable
  - 07 Nov 2010 at 15:39
- - 0
  - 0
  I have my reservations
  
  Stiff and stagy adaptation of a Rattigan play finds a lot of talented performers floundering slightly. Focussing on a group of residents at a seedy Bournemouth ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 549511
- - RJNeb2
  - 752 reviews
  - London
  - 05 Apr 2008 at 14:21
- - 0
  - 0
  Fawlty Towers without Basil
  
  It would be nice to think that some of the guests at Fawlty Towers are based on some of the characters here and thus gives more depth to their characters and ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 836687
- - itstinks
  - 550 reviews
  - North of Reading
  - 03 Dec 2009 at 10:37
- - 0
  - 0
  "DESPERATE TABLES"
  
  Separate Tables is about LONELINESS and the Director has failed monumentally to convey the pathos of the storyl The quality of the acting in Rattigan's ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 978834
- - ovid
  - 34 reviews
  - Reading
  - 04 Apr 2011 at 09:27
- - 0
  - 1
  Hugely disappointing
  
  With a cast headed by the likes of David Niven, Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr I expected a real treat. Instead the film was slow and flat and contained some ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 191393
- - Tim
  - London
  - 09 Jan 2006 at 08:03
- - 1
  - 2
  not as good as other three
  
  If you have seen the other three series of this fine comedy, you are not depriving yourself by giving this a miss. Keep your memories as happy ones!
  
  Report this review
- 448547
- - a customer
  - Leeds
  - 10 Jun 2007 at 16:31

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- Separate Tables
  
  Life in an English bed and breakfast where the eccentric guests all have one common trait – loneliness. There's Major Pollack who hides a dark secret behind a polished military veneer; Sibyl Railton-Bell, a shy, neurotic old maid who lacks the courage to break away from her domineering mother. John ...