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Writers:
Noel Langley (writer)
W. Somerset Maugham (screenplay)
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Release Date:
20 December 1950 (Denmark) more
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
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A Jolly Stiff Upper Lip, What? more (9 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
91 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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Trivia:
'Andrew Crawford' was going to star but dropped out before filming. more
Movie Connections:
Follows Quartet (1948) more

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A Jolly Stiff Upper Lip, What?, 28 August 2002
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Author: Pedro from Melbourne, Australia

This is the second British Rank film to adapt the stories of Sommerset Maugham to film. All but one story from 'Quartet' does not travel well into the contempory era; and the actors speech is decidedly "clipped", as only British pre-1950's actors delivery can be. In anycase 'Trio' seems tighter and more filmic than the first film adaptation.

One of the problems these two films can't overcome is that their source material was written 25-30 years prior to the films. Consequently, by the 1950's Maughm's (pre-war) popularist "small morality" storyteling seemed rather quaint, if not downright coy.

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