Review – Quartet

This picture is based on a foursome of short stories by W. Somerset Maugham, who actually appears at the beginning to introduce the set. From there “The Facts of Life,” “The Alien Corn,” “The Kite” and “The Colonel’s Lady” spin out. By the time we’re done we’ve gone through just about all the standard British actors of the age and then some (including a small role for Ian Fleming). In keeping with the spirit of the author’s work, the plots are clever if perhaps a bit too English (though then again, the twisting and turning around proper British social customs is of course a big part of the point). Mildly amusing