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Noel Langley (writer)
W. Somerset Maugham (screenplay)
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Release Date:
20 December 1950 (Denmark) more
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Nominated for Oscar. more
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***** POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD***** Some nice moments to savor in TRIO... more (9 total)
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(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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91 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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'Andrew Crawford' was going to star but dropped out before filming. more
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TRIO was the Somerset Maugham follow-up to QUARTET a few years earlier.
Again, it's three of his short stories told with wit and humor and a good observation of human frailties and eccentricities in a trio of tales populated by stars like KATHLEEN HARRISON, MICHAEL HAYTER, JEAN SIMMONS, MICHAEL RENNIE, ROLAND CULVER and FINLAY CURRIE.
The first about the village VERGER is brief and to the point with charming performances from Michael Hayter as The Verger who loses his job when it's discovered that he can neither read or write but then becomes a successful businessman; the second is about everyone's worst nightmare--having to put up with an obnoxious Know-All on a cruise vacation (splendidly played by NIGEL PATRICK); and the third, and most satisfying for me, is SANATORIUM, a segment having to do with the lives of people spending time in a sanatorium, with some moving scenes between JEAN SIMMONS and MICHAEL RENNIE as the doomed lovers.
Only big flaw in the sanatorium sequence is the healthy and robust appearance of both Simmons and Rennie makes it hard to believe the dire situation they are in. This is easily overlooked because the story is extremely well played by a very capable cast of British players.
Summing up: Well worth seeing.