Quartet (1948)

Quartet (1948)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1948-10-26 United Kingdom 120 Min. PG-13
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Drama

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."

Cast

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