Rent Quartet (1948)
3.7 of 5 from 55 ratings
1h 54min
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- Synopsis:
- Four film versions of W. Somerset Maugham are brought together and introduced by the man himself: 'The Facts of Life' features a young tennis player who escapes from his domineering partner and absconds to Monaco; 'The Alien Corn' features Dirk Bogarde playing a man with the ambition to be a top pianist, but he is rejected by music scholars; 'The Kite' stars George Cole as a man with an obsession for kites and little time for his wife; 'The Colonel's Lady' revolves around a stuffy colonel's search for the man his wife has been writing passionate poems about.
- Actors:
- Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Ian Fleming, Jack Raine, Angela Baddeley, James Robertson Justice, Jack Watling, Nigel Buchanan, Mai Zetterling, Jean Cavall, Dirk Bogarde, Raymond Lovell, Irene Browne, Honor Blackman, George Thorpe, Mary Hinton, Françoise Rosay, Maurice Denham, James Hayter, Bernard Lee
- Directors:
- Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart
- Producers:
- Antony Darnborough
- Writers:
- W. Somerset Maugham, RC Sherriff
- Aka:
- Quartet: The Facts of Life / The Kite / The Colonel's Lady / The Alien Corn
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Cinema Afloat: Part 2, A History of Cricket Films, Getting to Know..., Glynis & Angela: Ninetysomething Marvels, Introducing a British Film Family, A Brief History of Film...
