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26/10/1948 Drama 2h 0m
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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."

  1. Ken Annakin

    Director

  2. Ralph Smart

    Director

  3. Arthur Crabtree

    Director

  4. R.C. Sherriff

    Writer

  5. Harold French

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. W. Somerset Maugham

    Himself

  2. Basil Radford

    Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")

  3. Naunton Wayne

    Leslie (segment "The Facts of Life")

  4. Mai Zetterling

    Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")

  5. Ian Fleming

    Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life")

  6. Jack Raine

    Thomas (segment "The Facts of Life")

  7. Angela Baddeley

    Mrs. Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")

  8. James Robertson Justice

    Branksome (segment "The Facts of Life")

  9. Jack Watling

    Nicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-09
Introduced by the man himself, this is a compendium of four short stories from W. Somerset Maugham. Each deals with a scenario that looks at human nature, love, trust and integrity amongst a myriad of other emotions with the four directors taking a different slant to each of the tales. The cast is superb - all four feature perfectly fitting characters with the likes of Cecil Parker, Nora Swinburne, Mai Zetterling, Ian Fleming, George Cole, Honor Blackman and Dirk Bogarde all working their magic with the gently comedic writing. My favourite is probably the last one ("The Colonel's Lady") with P...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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