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Quartet (1948)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1949 Wide

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The first of three well-received "omnibus" films hosted by Somerset Maugham, Quartet features four of Maugham's most celebrated stories, each introduced by the author himself. In "The Facts of Life," a seemingly innocent British youth (Jack Watling) is targeted for a shakedown by a beautiful adventuress (Mai Zetterling), while Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne perform their usual brilliant byplay. In "The Alien Corn," a young aristocrat (Dirk Bogarde) hopes to become a professional concert

Unrated, 2 hr.

Drama, Art House & International, Classics, Comedy

Directed By: Ken Annakin , Arthur Crabtree

Written By: W. Somerset Maugham, R.C. Sherriff

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1949 Wide

On DVD: Jun 7, 1988

Cast

Basil Radford
Henry Garnet
Naunton Wayne
Leslie
Dirk Bogarde
George Bland
Ian Fleming
Ralph
George Cole
Herbert Sunbury
Jack Raine
Thomas
Angela Baddeley
Mrs. Garnet
Cecil Parker
Col. Peregrine
Nora Swinburne
Mrs. Peregrine
Jack Watling
Nicky
Nigel Buchanan
John
Mai Zetterling
Jeanne
Raymond Lovell
Sir Frederick Bland
Irene Browne
Lady Bland
Honor Blackman
Paula
George Thorpe
Uncle John
Mary Hinton
Aunt Maud
Fran�oise Rosay
Lea Makart
Bernard Lee
Prison Visitor
Frederick Leister
Governor
George Merritt
Prison Officer
David Cole
Herbeil boy
Hermione Baddeley
Beatrice Sunbury
Mervyn Johns
Samuel Sunbury
Susan Shaw
Betty
Cyril Chamberlain
Reporter
Claud Allister
First Club Man
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Second Club Man
Ernst Thesiger
Henry Dashwood
Henry Edwards
Duke of Cleverel
Linden Travers
Daphne
Felix Aylmer
Maryin
John Salew
John Coleman
Lynn Evans
Bannock
Cyril Raymond
Railway Passenger
Clive Morton
Henry Blane
Margaret Withers
Gushing Woman
James Robertson Justice
Branksome
John H. Roberts
West
French Ralph Smart
W. Somerset Maugham

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