Quartet (1948)

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."

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	W. Somerset Maugham	As: Himself
	Basil Radford	As: Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
	Naunton Wayne	As: Leslie (segment "The Facts of Life")
	Mai Zetterling	As: Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")
	Ian Fleming	As: Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life")

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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."

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Genres: Drama

Language: English

Release Date: 26 October 1948

Country: GB

Runtime: 120m

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Company: Gainsborough Pictures

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Cast

	W. Somerset Maugham	Himself
	Basil Radford	Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
	Naunton Wayne	Leslie (segment "The Facts of Life")
	Mai Zetterling	Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")
	Ian Fleming	Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life")
	Jack Raine	Thomas (segment "The Facts of Life")
	Angela Baddeley	Mrs. Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
	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")
	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")