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Writers:
W. Somerset Maugham (stories)
R.C. Sherriff (writer)
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Release Date:
26 October 1948 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Four of Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author himself... more | add synopsis
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Nice blend of stories by Maugham, each with a different mood... more (9 total)

Cast

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W. Somerset Maugham ... Himself - Host
Basil Radford ... Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
Naunton Wayne ... Leslie (segment "The Facts of Life")
Ian Fleming ... Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life")
Jack Raine ... Thomas (segment "The Facts of Life")
Angela Baddeley ... Mrs. Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
James Robertson Justice ... Branksome (segment "The Facts of Life")
Jack Watling ... Nicky (segment "The Facts of Life")
Nigel Buchanan ... John (segment "The Facts of Life")
Mai Zetterling ... Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")

Dirk Bogarde ... George Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
Raymond Lovell ... Sir Frederick Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
Irene Browne ... Lady Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
Honor Blackman ... Paula (segment "The Alien Corn")
George Thorpe ... Uncle John (segment "The Alien Corn")
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Runtime:
120 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:15 | Argentina:13
Filming Locations:
Gainsborough Studios, Islington, London, England, UK
Company:
Gainsborough Pictures more

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Trivia:
In an unusual coincidence, Quartet has two actors who would both have eternal associations with the James Bond series. Bernard Lee, who would later play M, and Honor Blackman, who would play one of the most famous Bond girls in Goldfinger (1964), Pussy Galore. Despite the name Ian Fleming on the credits, he is not the same man who wrote the Bond novels. more
Quotes:
Himself, Host: In my twenties, the critics said I was brutal. In my thirties, they said I was flippant; in my forties, they said I was cynical; in my fifties they said I was competent - and then, in my sixties, they said I was superficial. more
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Nice blend of stories by Maugham, each with a different mood..., 30 May 2007
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Author: Neil Doyle from U.S.A.

QUARTET is a subtle, understated anthology of stories by Somerset Maugham--entertaining but decidedly uneven in presentation. Nevertheless, as a study of various British personalities among the upper classes it does manage to evoke interest without furnishing any big surprises--which is what one usually expects from short stories.

What it does do, brilliantly, is show us Maugham's keen observations on human nature. MAI ZETTERLING and IAN FLEMING star in a story about a young man who fails to follow his father's advice and almost suffers the consequences; DIRK BOGARDE and HONOR BLACKMAN are the leads in a story about a man whose sole passion in life is to become a professional top-flight pianist but is told by FRANCOISE ROSAY that he has no such chance; the third story is a rather dated and foolish morality tale about a kite that just didn't make much sense to me; and the final story--probably the best--is about a man whose wife secretly writes a novel about her great love (a la "Lady Chatterly's Lover") and is confronted by her husband who demands to know who "the man" in the story really is. CECIL PARKER and NORA SWINBURNE play the couple and they're wonderful.

Nicely performed, well scripted and directed, QUARTET has an introduction by Maugham himself which manages to be self-effacing and informative.

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