Batman: Knightfall Part 1: Knightfall
2026 · Animation · Action
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Film / 1948
Quartet
Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."
The story
Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."
Cast
W. Somerset MaughamHimself
Basil RadfordHenry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
Naunton WayneLeslie (segment "The Facts of Life")
Mai ZetterlingJeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")
Ian FlemingRalph (segment "The Facts of Life")
Jack RaineThomas (segment "The Facts of Life")
Angela BaddeleyMrs. Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
James Robertson JusticeBranksome (segment "The Facts of Life")
Jack WatlingNicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
Nigel BuchananJohn (segment "The Facts of Life")
Jean CavallCabaret Artist (segment "The Facts of Life")
Dirk BogardeGeorge Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
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Honor BlackmanPaula (segment "The Alien Corn")
Raymond LovellSir Frederick Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
Irene BrowneLady Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
George ThorpeUncle John (segment "The Alien Corn")
Françoise RosayLea Makart (segment "The Alien Corn")
Maurice DenhamCoroner (segment "The Alien Corn")
Mary HintonAunt Maud (segment "The Alien Corn")
James HayterForeman of the Jury (segment "The Alien Corn")
George MerrittPrison Officer (segment "The Kite")
George ColeHerbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Bernard LeeNed Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")
Frederick LeisterPrison Governor (segment "The Kite")
David ColeHerbert (as a boy) (segment "The Kite")
Hermione BaddeleyBeatrice Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Mervyn JohnsSamuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Susan ShawBetty Baker Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Cyril ChamberlainReporter (segment "The Kite")
Cecil ParkerColonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Nora SwinburneMrs. Evie Katherine Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Lyn EvansBannock (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Claud Allister1st. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Wilfrid Hyde-White2nd. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Ernest ThesigerHenry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Henry EdwardsDuke of Heverel (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Linden TraversDaphne (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Felix AylmerMartin (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Clive MortonHenry Blane (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
J.H. RobertsWest (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Cyril RaymondRailway Passenger (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
John SalewJohn Coleman (critic) (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Margaret WithersGushing Woman (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Yvonne Owen1st. Gossip (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Margaret Thorburn2nd. Gossip (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Hal OsmondBookshop Assistant (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Ernest ButcherBlane's Clerk (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Johnny BriggsBoy on Common (segment "The Kite")
Arthur DentonMan on Common (segment "The Kite")
Marcel PoncinFrenchman (segment "The Alien Corn")
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