Where to watch
Subscription
Criterion Channel
Cast
- 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 (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")
Crew
- Ken Annakin · Director
- Arthur Crabtree · Director
- Harold French · Director
- Ralph Smart · Director
- W. Somerset Maugham · Writer
- R.C. Sherriff · Writer
- Antony Darnborough · Producer
- John Greenwood · Composer
- Ray Elton · Cinematographer
- Reginald H. Wyer · Cinematographer
- Jean Barker · Editor
- Charles Knott · Editor