W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.

as Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)

as Albert Foreman (segment "The Verger")

as Major George Templeton (segment Sanatorium)

as Mr. Ashenden

as Mr. Gray (segment Mr. Know-It-All)

as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)

as Mrs. Ramsey (in segment Mr. Know-All)

as Max Kelada (in segment Mr. Know-All)

as Bank Manager

as Gladys
CinemaSerf
Dec 28, 2022
Following on from his "Quartet" series from 1948, we have another three short stories with a gently underlying moral message from Somerset Maugham. The first is, in my view, the best: it sees a verger of many years standing (James Hayter) forced to resign by a rather snobbish vicar when it is discovered that he can neither read nor write. Only once…