W. Somerset Maugham Movies
- 1929
The Letter
The Letter5.51929HD
A planter's wife shoots a neighbor, but tells conflicting stories of what happened.
- 1926
The Magician
The Magician6.31926HD
A young woman, Margaret Dauncey, is caught between the forces of a charlatan magician, Oliver Haddo, whom she is unable to resist, and the love of a...
- 1947
The Unfaithful
The Unfaithful61947HD
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her...
- 1950
Trio
Trio6.31950HD
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
- 1936
Isle of Fury
Isle of Fury5.31936HD
An island fugitive and his bride make room for a shipwrecked detective.
- 1984
Overnight Sensation
Overnight Sensation61984HD
Overnight Sensation is a 1984 short film directed by Jon Bloom, based loosely on W. Somerset Maugham's short story "The Colonel's Lady." After...
- 1928
Sadie Thompson
Sadie Thompson6.81928HD
A young, beautiful prostitute named Sadie Thompson arrives on the South Pacific island of Pago Pago looking for honest work and falls for Timothy...
- 1942
The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence6.11942HD
Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family,...
- 1982
The Letter
The Letter61982HD
The wife of a Malaysian planter kills an employee of her husband one night, but her motive begins to appear not entirely truthful.
- 1959
The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence01959HD
A staid, dull Englishman abruptly deserts his wife and children to become a painter in the South Seas.
- 1962
Adorable Julia
Adorable Julia5.91962HD
A successful and married, although not quite young, stage actress falls for a young man, who is involved with a young actress who uses him to advance...
- 1944
The Hour Before the Dawn
The Hour Before the Dawn51944HD
A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she...
- 1933
The Narrow Corner
The Narrow Corner5.51933HD
An Englishman sought for murder, tries to escape fate to South Seas island.
- 1940
Too Many Husbands
Too Many Husbands6.31940HD
Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.
- 1939
The Circle
The Circle01939HD
In London, aware of her husband's longstanding affair and feeling neglected, a woman flirts with a former flame in a plot to teach her husband a...
- 1957
The Seventh Sin
The Seventh Sin5.31957HD
In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with Paul. Her physician husband Walter discovers it and presents her with a choice:...
- 1917
The Land of Promise
The Land of Promise01917HD
Based on the 1913 play The Land of Promise by W. Somerset Maugham about Nora Marsh and her life which ends in a farm.
- 1955
Three for the Show
Three for the Show61955HD
This musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who's been widowed by WW II. She marries her late...
- 1961
A String of Beads
A String of Beads01961HD
An ordinary girl's life is radically changed by the mistaken receipt of a $60,000 strand of pearls.
- 1931
The Holy Flames
The Holy Flames01931HD
This is the German-language version of 1929's "The Sacred Flame", from the W. Somerset Maugham play, shot by Warner Bros. in Hollywood with a...