Trio

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

Cast

Jean Simmons

as Evie Bishop (segment Sanatorium)

James Hayter

as Albert Foreman (segment "The Verger")

Michael Rennie

as Major George Templeton (segment Sanatorium)

Roland Culver

as Mr. Ashenden

Wilfrid Hyde-White

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

Kathleen Harrison

as Emma Foreman (in segment The Verger)

Anne Crawford

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

Nigel Patrick

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

Felix Aylmer

as Bank Manager

Lana Morris

as Gladys

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 discov...

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