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Developed by Osama Mohamed

1948

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."

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Released

Country : USGB

Original language : en

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| Movie Cast

W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham

Himself

Basil Radford

Basil Radford

Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")

Naunton Wayne

Naunton Wayne

Leslie (segment "The Facts of Life")

Mai Zetterling

Mai Zetterling

Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")

Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming

Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life")

Jack Raine

Jack Raine

Thomas (segment "The Facts of Life")

James Robertson Justice

James Robertson Justice

Branksome (segment "The Facts of Life")

Jack Watling

Jack Watling

Nicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")

Nigel Buchanan

Nigel Buchanan

John (segment "The Facts of Life")

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

George Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")

Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman

Paula (segment "The Alien Corn")

Raymond Lovell

Raymond Lovell

Sir Frederick Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")

Irene Browne

Irene Browne

Lady Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")

Françoise Rosay

Françoise Rosay

Lea Makart (segment "The Alien Corn")

Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

Coroner (segment "The Alien Corn")

James Hayter

James Hayter

Foreman of the Jury (segment "The Alien Corn")

George Merritt

George Merritt

Prison Officer (segment "The Kite")

George Cole

George Cole

Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite")

Bernard Lee

Bernard Lee

Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")

Frederick Leister

Frederick Leister

Prison Governor (segment "The Kite")

Hermione Baddeley

Hermione Baddeley

Beatrice Sunbury (segment "The Kite")

Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")

Susan Shaw

Susan Shaw

Betty Baker Sunbury (segment "The Kite")

Cyril Chamberlain

Cyril Chamberlain

Reporter (segment "The Kite")

Cecil Parker

Cecil Parker

Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Nora Swinburne

Nora Swinburne

Mrs. Evie Katherine Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Lyn Evans

Lyn Evans

Bannock (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Claud Allister

Claud Allister

1st. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Wilfrid Hyde-White

2nd. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Ernest Thesiger

Ernest Thesiger

Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Henry Edwards

Henry Edwards

Duke of Heverel (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Linden Travers

Linden Travers

Daphne (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Felix Aylmer

Felix Aylmer

Martin (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Clive Morton

Clive Morton

Henry Blane (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

J.H. Roberts

J.H. Roberts

West (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Cyril Raymond

Cyril Raymond

Railway Passenger (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

John Salew

John Salew

John Coleman (critic) (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Margaret Withers

Margaret Withers

Gushing Woman (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Yvonne Owen

Yvonne Owen

1st. Gossip (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Hal Osmond

Hal Osmond

Bookshop Assistant (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Ernest Butcher

Ernest Butcher

Blane's Clerk (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

Johnny Briggs

Johnny Briggs

Boy on Common (segment "The Kite")

Marcel Poncin

Marcel Poncin

Frenchman (segment "The Alien Corn")

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