Three short stories are introduced by author W. Somerset Maugham in the second of his anthology film trilogy. In "The Verger," a church verger of seventeen years is fired by his new straight-laced vicar when it's discovered that he cannot read or write. Forced to make life-altering decisions, the life-long bachelor proposes to his landlady and becomes an entrepreneur. In "Mr. Know-All" an obnoxiously pushy and irrepressibly boorish dealer in jewelry alienates all his fellow passengers on an ocean cruise despite his cheerful nature and generosity, but later is sensitive enough to realize that sacrificing his ego at a key moment is important to a woman's happiness. "The Sanatorium" revolves around the lives of tuberculosis patients at an exclusive Scottish sanatorium including a pair of doomed lovers who choose quality over quantity of life.
表演
mary merrall/miss atkin
michael medwin/steward
marjorie fielding/mrs. whitbread
henry edwards/church warden
betty ann davies/mrs. chester
clive morton/ship's captain
shelagh fraser
andrew crawford
raymond huntley/mr. chester
bill travers/fellowes
纳恩顿·韦恩/mr. ramsey
harry fowler
lana morris/gladys
john laurie/mr. campbell
迈克尔·伦尼/major templeton
mela white
安德鲁·莫瑞尔/dr. lennox
joan marion
michael ward/undetermined role
奈吉尔·帕特里克/kelada
glyn houston
kynaston reeves/undetermined role
james hayter/coach driver
wilfrid hyde-white/mr. gray
费利克斯·艾尔默/bank manager
kathleen harrison/emma foreman
roland culver/mr. ashenden
finlay currie/mr. mcleod
简·西蒙斯/evie bishop
joan schofield
索默斯特·毛姆/the introducer
michael hordern/vicar
dennis harkin/captain's steward
安妮·克劳馥/mrs. ramsey
johnnie schofield/bit part
eliot makeham/sexton
角色
bank manager
bit part
captain's steward
church warden
coach driver
dr. lennox
emma foreman
evie bishop
fellowes
gladys
kelada
major templeton
miss atkin
mr. ashenden
mr. campbell
mr. chester
mr. gray
mr. mcleod
mr. ramsey
mrs. chester
mrs. ramsey
mrs. whitbread
segment "the verger"
sexton
ship's captain
steward
the introducer
uncredited
undetermined role
vicar