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Writers:
Noel Langley (writer)
W. Somerset Maugham (screenplay)
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Release Date:
20 December 1950 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot Keywords:
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
NewsDesk:
Ken Annakin: 1914-2009 -- An Appreciation
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 30 April 2009, 10:22 AM, PDT)
User Comments:
Interesting more (9 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
James Hayter ... Albert Foreman (in segment The Verger)
Kathleen Harrison ... Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)
Felix Aylmer ... Bank Manager (in segment The Verger)
Lana Morris ... Gladys (in segment The Verger)
Michael Hordern ... Vicar (in segment The Verger)
Glyn Houston ... (segment "The Verger")
Eliot Makeham ... Sexton (in segment The Verger)
Henry Edwards ... Church Warden (in segment The Verger)
Anne Crawford ... Mrs. Ramsey (in segment Mr. Know-All)
Nigel Patrick ... Kelada (in segment Mr. Know-All)
Naunton Wayne ... Mr. Ramsey (in segment Mr. Know-All)
Wilfrid Hyde-White ... Mr. Gray (in segment Mr. Know-All)
Clive Morton ... Ship's Captain (in segment Mr. Know-All)
Bill Travers ... Fellowes (in segment Mr. Know-All) (as Bill Linden-Travers)
Dennis Harkin ... Captain's steward (in segment Mr. Know-All)
Michael Medwin ... Steward (in segment Mr. Know-All)

Jean Simmons ... Evie Bishop (in segment Sanitorium)
Michael Rennie ... Major Templeton (in segment Sanitorium)
Roland Culver ... Mr. Ashenden (in segment Sanitorium)
Raymond Huntley ... Mr. Chester (in segment Sanitorium)
Betty Ann Davies ... Mrs. Chester (in segment Sanitorium)
André Morell ... Dr. Lennox (in segment Sanitorium)
John Laurie ... Mr. Campbell (in segment Sanitorium)
Finlay Currie ... Mr. McLeod (in segment Sanitorium)
W. Somerset Maugham ... The Introducer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Andrew Crawford ... (uncredited)
Marjorie Fielding ... Mrs. Whitbread (uncredited)
Harry Fowler ... (uncredited)
Shelagh Fraser ... (uncredited)

Joan Marion ... (uncredited)
Mary Merrall ... Miss Atkin (uncredited)
Kynaston Reeves ... (uncredited)
Joan Schofield ... (uncredited)
Johnnie Schofield ... Bit part (uncredited)
Michael Ward ... (uncredited)
Mela White ... (uncredited)
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Directed by
Ken Annakin (episode "Mr. Know-All") (episode "Verger, The")
Harold French (segment "Sanatorium")
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Noel Langley  writer
W. Somerset Maugham  screenplay
W. Somerset Maugham  stories
R.C. Sherriff  writer

Produced by
Antony Darnborough .... producer
 
Original Music by
John Greenwood 
 
Cinematography by
Geoffrey Unsworth 
Reginald H. Wyer 
 
Film Editing by
Alfred Roome 
 
Casting by
Weston Drury Jr. (uncredited)
 
Art Direction by
Maurice Carter 
 
Costume Design by
Julie Harris 
 
Makeup Department
W.T. Partleton .... makeup artist
Biddy Chrystal .... hair stylist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
William N. Boyle .... production manager
Douglas Peirce .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roy Goddard .... assistant director
Gerry O'Hara .... assistant director
Peter Manley .... second assistant director (uncredited)
Jim O'Connolly .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Gordon K. McCallum .... sound mixer
Gordon K. McCallum .... sound recordist
John W. Mitchell .... sound recordist
C.C. Stevens .... sound recordist
Sydney Box .... sound recordist (uncredited)
Peter Davies .... first assistant dubbing mixer (uncredited)
Gus Lloyd .... assistant boom operator (uncredited)
Dudley Messenger .... boom operator (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Bill Warrington .... special effects
Albert Whitlock .... special effects
 
Camera and Electrical Department
David Harcourt .... camera operator
Harold Haysom .... camera operator
Jack Lowin .... focus puller (uncredited)
Charles Trigg .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dorothy Edwards .... wardrobe: women (uncredited)
Bob Rayner .... wardrobe supervisor: men (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Muir Mathieson .... conductor
Eric Rogers .... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Eric Rogers .... music arranger: source music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Arthur Alcott .... production controller
Constance Willis .... continuity (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

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Runtime:
91 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:S | Sweden:Btl
Company:
Gainsborough Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
'Andrew Crawford' was going to star but dropped out before filming. more
Movie Connections:
Follows Quartet (1948) more

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User Comments

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10 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Interesting, 4 March 2002
8/10
Author: RitaRisque from Australia

This is actually a trilogy of 3 of Somerset Maugham's short tales. The first one is The Verger, which is about 15 minutes long and very enjoyable. After 17 years Albert Foreman is laid off from his church job because he can't read nor write. So what does he do? Opens a tobacco shop, of course!

The second is Mr. Know-All which was actually a story I had read for school 6 years ago and instantly forgotten, until I heard the familiar introduction. Another 15 minute one, and also very good. It worked better on film than in a book for me, but then perhaps that's because I was only 14 the last time, afterall.

The 3rd one is nearly a let-down. Almost an hour in length, it simply drags. It's not all that bad, but not as quick and snappy as the last 2. I watched the first quarter hour of it and then skipped forward to the last quarter hour, and found that it still made sense and really I hadn't missed a thing!

Overall I give them 8, 9, and 6 out of 10, respectively.

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