Quartet Movie

Quartet
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Run Time: 120 min
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Released: 1948
Directors: Ken Annakin
Harold French
Ralph Smart
Arthur Crabtree
Genre/Type: Drama
Producers: Anthony Darnborough
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
The first of three well-received "omnibus" films hosted by Somerset Maugham, Quartet features four of Maugham's most celebrated stories, each introduced by the author himself. In "The Facts of Life," a seemingly innocent British youth (Jack Watling) is targeted for a shakedown by a beautiful adventuress (Mai Zetterling), while Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne perform their usual brilliant byplay. In "The Alien Corn," a young aristocrat (Dirk Bogarde) hopes to become a professional concert pianist. "The Kite" tells the story of a preoccupied inventor (George Cole) who places his hobbies ahead of his wife (Susan Shaw) as an indirect means of defying his dominating mother (Hermione Badderly). The film concludes with "The Colonel's Lady," wherein the title character (Nora Swinburne) embarrasses her stuffy husband (Cecil Parker) by publishing a torrid volume of romantic poetry. Each of the short tales in Quartet possesses its own mood, pace and rhythm, and each is a gem in its own right. The popularity of Quartet resulted in two more Maugham compendiums, Trio and Encore, not to mention the multistoried American film O. Henry's Full House.

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Committed Quartet released "File Under Futurism" in 1999 and "Becoming Transparent" in 2000. ChaCha!
A string quartet is a group of four string players in an intimate chamber setting. The instruments in the quartet are two violins, one viola and one cello.
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Actors Character Born
Basil Radford Henry Garnet Jun 25, 1897 in Chester, England
Naunton Wayne Leslie Jun 22, 1901 in Llawonno, Glamorginshire, Wales
Ian Fleming Ralph Sep 10, 1888 in Melbourne, England
Dirk Bogarde George Bland Mar 28, 1921 in London, England, UK
Jack Raine Thomas May 18, 1897 in England
George Cole Herbert Sunbury Apr 22, 1925 in London, England, UK
Angela Baddeley Mrs. Garnet
Cecil Parker Col. Peregrine Sep 3, 1897 in Hastings, England
Nora Swinburne Mrs. Peregrine Jul 24, 1902 in Bath, England
Jack Watling Nicky Jan 13, 1923 in Chingford, Essex, England
Nigel Buchanan John
Mai Zetterling Jeanne May 24, 1925 in Vasteras, Sweden
Raymond Lovell Sir Frederick Bland
Irene Browne Lady Bland Jun 29, 1896 in London, UK
Honor Blackman Paula
George Thorpe Uncle John
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