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

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