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