"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.""
W. Somerset Maugham
as Himself
Basil Radford
as Henry Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
Naunton Wayne
as Leslie (segment "The Facts of Life")
Mai Zetterling
as Jeanne (segment "The Facts of Life")
Ian Fleming
as Ralph (segment "The Facts of Life")
Jack Raine
as Thomas (segment "The Facts of Life")
Angela Baddeley
as Mrs. Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
James Robertson Justice
as Branksome (segment "The Facts of Life")
Jack Watling
as Nicky Garnet (segment "The Facts of Life")
Nigel Buchanan
as John (segment "The Facts of Life")
Jean Cavall
as Cabaret Artist (segment "The Facts of Life")
Dirk Bogarde
as George Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
Honor Blackman
as Paula (segment "The Alien Corn")
Raymond Lovell
as Sir Frederick Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
Irene Browne
as Lady Bland (segment "The Alien Corn")
George Thorpe
as Uncle John (segment "The Alien Corn")
Françoise Rosay
as Lea Makart (segment "The Alien Corn")
Maurice Denham
as Coroner (segment "The Alien Corn")
Mary Hinton
as Aunt Maud (segment "The Alien Corn")
James Hayter
as Foreman of the Jury (segment "The Alien Corn")
George Merritt
as Prison Officer (segment "The Kite")
George Cole
as Herbert Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Bernard Lee
as Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor (segment "The Kite")
Frederick Leister
as Prison Governor (segment "The Kite")
David Cole
as Herbert (as a boy) (segment "The Kite")
Hermione Baddeley
as Beatrice Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Mervyn Johns
as Samuel Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Susan Shaw
as Betty Baker Sunbury (segment "The Kite")
Cyril Chamberlain
as Reporter (segment "The Kite")
Cecil Parker
as Colonel George Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Nora Swinburne
as Mrs. Evie Katherine Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Lyn Evans
as Bannock (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Claud Allister
as 1st. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Wilfrid Hyde-White
as 2nd. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Ernest Thesiger
as Henry Dashwood (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Henry Edwards
as Duke of Heverel (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Linden Travers
as Daphne (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Felix Aylmer
as Martin (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Clive Morton
as Henry Blane (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
J.H. Roberts
as West (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Cyril Raymond
as Railway Passenger (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
John Salew
as John Coleman (critic) (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Margaret Withers
as Gushing Woman (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Yvonne Owen
as 1st. Gossip (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Margaret Thorburn
as 2nd. Gossip (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Hal Osmond
as Bookshop Assistant (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Ernest Butcher
as Blane's Clerk (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Johnny Briggs
as Boy on Common (segment "The Kite")
Arthur Denton
as Man on Common (segment "The Kite")
Marcel Poncin
as Frenchman (segment "The Alien Corn")
Arthur Crabtree
Director
Ken Annakin
Ralph Smart
Story
R.C. Sherriff
Writer
Harold French
Fred Mannin
Scenic Artist
Eric Cass
Boom Operator
Bernard Lewis
Camera Operator
Reginald H. Wyer
Director of Photography
Ray Elton