The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound, Recording (Cyril Crowhurst)[2] and was the final one released under the Gainsborough Pictures banner.

The new vicar at St Peter's Church is astonished to learn that the long-serving verger, Albert Foreman, is illiterate.

Reserved Mr Gray finds himself forced to share a cabin on an ocean liner with the loud, opinionated, supremely self-confident gem dealer Max Kelada.

Kelada soon dominates all the onboard social gatherings, much to the annoyance of his fellow passengers, who take to calling him "Mr Know-All" behind his back because of his insistence that he is an expert on all subjects.

One night, Kelada remarks on the fine quality of the pearl necklace worn by Mrs Ramsay, who has rejoined her husband after a two-year separation caused by his work.

Mr Ashenden is sent to a sanatorium for patients of Tuberculosis (which was often fatal at that time until the advent of anti-biotics) and becomes acquainted with the other residents.

[3] Ken Annakin had directed an installment of Quartet and says being on the film "gave me full scope for leading actors through the character subtleties developed by the master.

"[4] Bosley Crowther described the film as "another delightful screen potpourri, made from short stories of W. Somerset Maugham ...

[7] According to Kinematograph Weekly the 'biggest winners' at the box office in 1950 Britain were The Blue Lamp, The Happiest Days of Your Life, Annie Get Your Gun, The Wooden Horse, Treasure Island and Odette, with "runners up" being Stage Fright, White Heat, They Were Not Divided, Trio, Morning Departure, Destination Moon, Sands of Iwo Jima, Little Women, The Forsythe Saga, Father of the Bride, Neptune's Daughter, The Dancing Years, The Red Light, Rogues of Sherwood Forest, Fancy Pants, Copper Canyon, State Secret, The Cure for Love, My Foolish Heart, Stromboli, Cheaper by the Dozen, Pinky, Three Came Home, Broken Arrow and Black Rose.