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Quartet

1948 British anthology film with four segments

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Released: 1948
Director: Ken Annakin
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, Arthur Crabtree
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, Harold French
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Screenwriter: R. C. Sherriff
Producer: Antony Darnborough
Cast: Cecil Parker
, Dirk Bogarde
, George Cole
, Honor Blackman
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Genre: comedy drama
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Original language: English

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Quartet is a 1948 British anthology film with four segments, each based on a story by W. Somerset Maugham. The author appears at the start and end of the movie to introduce the stories and comment about his writing career. It was successful enough to produce two sequels, Trio (1950) and Encore (1951), and popularised the compendium film format, leading to films such as O. Henry's Full House in 1952. The screenplays for the stories were all written by R. C. Sherriff.

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Title: Quartet
Number of parts of this work: 4
Color: black-and-white
Form of creative work: anthology film

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