Movie Description
Quartet
(1948)Overview
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."
Featured Crew
- Director : Ken Annakin,Ralph Smart,Arthur Crabtree,Harold French
- Writer : R.C. Sherriff
- Cast : W. Somerset Maugham,Basil Radford,Naunton Wayne,Mai Zetterling,Ian Fleming,Jack Raine,Angela Baddeley,James Robertson Justice,Jack Watling,Nigel Buchanan,Jean Cavall,Dirk Bogarde,Honor Blackman,Raymond Lovell,Irene Browne,George Thorpe,Françoise Rosay,Maurice Denham,Mary Hinton,James Hayter,George Merritt,George Cole,Bernard Lee,Frederick Leister,David Cole,Hermione Baddeley,Mervyn Johns,Susan Shaw,Cyril Chamberlain,Cecil Parker,Nora Swinburne,Lyn Evans,Claud Allister,Wilfrid Hyde-White,Ernest Thesiger,Henry Edwards,Linden Travers,Felix Aylmer,Clive Morton,J.H. Roberts,Cyril Raymond,John Salew,Margaret Withers,Yvonne Owen,Margaret Thorburn,Hal Osmond,Ernest Butcher,Johnny Briggs,Arthur Denton,Marcel Poncin
Cast
Himself
Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
Leslie (segment "The Facts of Life")
Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")
Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life")
Thomas (segment "The Facts of Life")
Mrs. Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
Branksome (segment "The Facts of Life")
Nicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
John (segment "The Facts of Life")
Cabaret Artist (segment "The Facts of Life")
George Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
Paula (segment "The Alien Corn")
Sir Frederick Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
Lady Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
Uncle John (segment "The Alien Corn")
Lea Makart (segment "The Alien Corn")
Coroner (segment "The Alien Corn")
Aunt Maud (segment "The Alien Corn")
Foreman of the Jury (segment "The Alien Corn")
Prison Officer (segment "The Kite")
Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")
Prison Governor (segment "The Kite")
Herbert (as a boy) (segment "The Kite")
Beatrice Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Betty Baker Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Reporter (segment "The Kite")
Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Mrs. Evie Katherine Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Bannock (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
1st. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
2nd. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Duke of Heverel (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Daphne (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Martin (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Henry Blane (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
West (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Railway Passenger (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
John Coleman (critic) (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Gushing Woman (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
1st. Gossip (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
2nd. Gossip (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Bookshop Assistant (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Blane's Clerk (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Boy on Common (segment "The Kite")
Man on Common (segment "The Kite")
Frenchman (segment "The Alien Corn")
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Foolish Wives
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The Good Thief
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Albatross
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Detour
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Sudden Fear
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Eleanor the Great
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Adulterers
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I Smile Back
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Facts
Original TitleQuartet
Status Released
Release Information
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1948-10-26
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 00m
Production CompaniesGainsborough Pictures,J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Genres
- Drama
