United Kingdom / Oct 26, 1948
2h 0min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| James Robertson Justice | Branksome (segment "The Facts of Life") |
| Jack Watling | Nicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life") |
| Nigel Buchanan | John (segment "The Facts of Life") |
| Jean Cavall | Cabaret Artist (segment "The Facts of Life") |
| Dirk Bogarde | George Bland (segment "The Alien Corn") |
| Honor Blackman | Paula (segment "The Alien Corn") |
| Raymond Lovell | Sir Frederick Bland (segment "The Alien Corn") |
| Irene Browne | Lady Bland (segment "The Alien Corn") |
| George Thorpe | Uncle John (segment "The Alien Corn") |
| Françoise Rosay | Lea Makart (segment "The Alien Corn") |
| Maurice Denham | Coroner (segment "The Alien Corn") |
| Mary Hinton | Aunt Maud (segment "The Alien Corn") |
| James Hayter | Foreman of the Jury (segment "The Alien Corn") |
| George Merritt | Prison Officer (segment "The Kite") |
| George Cole | Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite") |
| Bernard Lee | Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite") |
| Frederick Leister | Prison Governor (segment "The Kite") |
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| David Cole | Herbert (as a boy) (segment "The Kite") |
| Hermione Baddeley | Beatrice Sunbury (segment "The Kite") |
| Mervyn Johns | Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite") |
| Susan Shaw | Betty Baker Sunbury (segment "The Kite") |
| Cyril Chamberlain | Reporter (segment "The Kite") |
| Cecil Parker | Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Nora Swinburne | Mrs. Evie Katherine Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Lyn Evans | Bannock (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Claud Allister | 1st. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White | 2nd. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Ernest Thesiger | Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Henry Edwards | Duke of Heverel (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Linden Travers | Daphne (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Felix Aylmer | Martin (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Clive Morton | Henry Blane (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| J.H. Roberts | West (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Cyril Raymond | Railway Passenger (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| John Salew | John Coleman (critic) (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Margaret Withers | Gushing Woman (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Yvonne Owen | 1st. Gossip (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Margaret Thorburn | 2nd. Gossip (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Hal Osmond | Bookshop Assistant (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Ernest Butcher | Blane's Clerk (segment "The Colonel's Lady") |
| Johnny Briggs | Boy on Common (segment "The Kite") |
| Arthur Denton | Man on Common (segment "The Kite") |
| Marcel Poncin | Frenchman (segment "The Alien Corn") |
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Quartet |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Gainsborough Pictures, J. Arthur Rank Organisation |
| Release date | 26 ottobre 1948 |
| Writer | W. Somerset Maugham, R.C. Sherriff |
| Cinematography | Reginald H. Wyer, Ray Elton, Bernard Lewis |
| Assistant directors | Ken Annakin, Ralph Smart, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French |
| Camera operators | Bernard Lewis, Reginald H. Wyer, Ray Elton |
| Additional photography | Bernard Lewis, Reginald H. Wyer, Ray Elton |
| Music | Eric Cass |
| Sound | Eric Cass |
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