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Quartet

Quartet

Release: 1948-10-26 ·Runtime: 120m ·★ 6.2
Drama

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."

Production Countries

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Gainsborough Pictures

Cast

Jack Raine Jack Raine as Thomas (segment "The Facts of Life") Cecil Parker Cecil Parker as Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady") J.H. Roberts J.H. Roberts as West (segment "The Colonel's Lady") Yvonne Owen Yvonne Owen as 1st. Gossip (segment "The Colonel's Lady") Marcel Poncin Marcel Poncin as Frenchman (segment "The Alien Corn") Naunton Wayne Naunton Wayne as Leslie (segment "The Facts of Life") James Robertson Justice James Robertson Justice as Branksome (segment "The Facts of Life") Jack Watling Jack Watling as Nicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life") Honor Blackman Honor Blackman as Paula (segment "The Alien Corn") George Cole George Cole as Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite") Nora Swinburne Nora Swinburne as Mrs. Evie Katherine Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady") Wilfrid Hyde-White Wilfrid Hyde-White as 2nd. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady") Cyril Raymond Cyril Raymond as Railway Passenger (segment "The Colonel's Lady") Françoise Rosay Françoise Rosay as Lea Makart (segment "The Alien Corn") Maurice Denham Maurice Denham as Coroner (segment "The Alien Corn") Hermione Baddeley Hermione Baddeley as Beatrice Sunbury (segment "The Kite") Johnny Briggs Johnny Briggs as Boy on Common (segment "The Kite") Basil Radford Basil Radford as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life") Bernard Lee Bernard Lee as Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite") Susan Shaw Susan Shaw as Betty Baker Sunbury (segment "The Kite") Clive Morton Clive Morton as Henry Blane (segment "The Colonel's Lady") Margaret Withers Margaret Withers as Gushing Woman (segment "The Colonel's Lady") Mai Zetterling Mai Zetterling as Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life") Felix Aylmer Felix Aylmer as Martin (segment "The Colonel's Lady") Hal Osmond Hal Osmond as Bookshop Assistant (segment "The Colonel's Lady") W. Somerset Maugham W. Somerset Maugham as Himself Nigel Buchanan Nigel Buchanan as John (segment "The Facts of Life") Dirk Bogarde Dirk Bogarde as George Bland (segment "The Alien Corn") Irene Browne Irene Browne as Lady Bland (segment "The Alien Corn") James Hayter James Hayter as Foreman of the Jury (segment "The Alien Corn") Mervyn Johns Mervyn Johns as Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite") Cyril Chamberlain Cyril Chamberlain as Reporter (segment "The Kite") Raymond Lovell Raymond Lovell as Sir Frederick Bland (segment "The Alien Corn") Claud Allister Claud Allister as 1st. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady") Henry Edwards Henry Edwards as Duke of Heverel (segment "The Colonel's Lady") Linden Travers Linden Travers as Daphne (segment "The Colonel's Lady") Ernest Butcher Ernest Butcher as Blane's Clerk (segment "The Colonel's Lady") Ian Fleming Ian Fleming as Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life") George Merritt George Merritt as Prison Officer (segment "The Kite") Frederick Leister Frederick Leister as Prison Governor (segment "The Kite") Ernest Thesiger Ernest Thesiger as Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady") John Salew John Salew as John Coleman (critic) (segment "The Colonel's Lady")