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W. Somerset Maugham
Himself
Basil Radford
Henry Garnet
Naunton Wayne
Leslie
Mai Zetterling
Jeanne
Ian Fleming
Ralph
Jack Raine
Thomas
Dirk Bogarde
George Bland
Cecil Parker
Colonel George Peregrine
Hermione Baddeley
Beatrice Sunbury
Honor Blackman
Paula
Angela Baddeley
Mrs. Garnet
James Robertson Justice
Branksome
Jack Watling
Nicky Garnet
Raymond Lovell
Sir Frederick Bland
Irene Browne
Lady Bland
Françoise Rosay
Lea Makart
Maurice Denham
Coroner
James Hayter
Foreman of the Jury
Bernard Lee
Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor
Frederick Leister
Prison Governor
George Cole
Herbert Sunbury
Mervyn Johns
Samuel Sunbury
Susan Shaw
Betty Baker Sunbury
Nora Swinburne
Mrs. Evie Katherine Peregrine
Lyn Evans
Bannock
Claud Allister
1st. Club Man
Wilfrid Hyde-White
2nd. Club Man
Ernest Thesiger
Henry Dashwood
Henry Edwards
Duke of Heverel
Linden Travers
Daphne
Felix Aylmer
Martin
Clive Morton
Henry Blane
Johnny Briggs
Boy on Common (uncredited)

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jul 09 2022

Introduced by the man himself, this is a compendium of four short stories from W. Somerset Maugham. Each deals with a scenario that looks at human nature, love, trust and integrity amongst a myriad of other emotions with the four directors taking a different slant to each of the tales. The cast is superb - all four feature perfectly fitting characters with the likes of Cecil Parker, Nora Swinburne, Mai Zetterling, Ian Fleming, George Cole, Honor Blackman and Dirk Bogarde all working their magic with the gently comedic writing. My favourite is probably the last one ("The Colonel's Lady") with Pa...