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

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