Somerset Maugham Hour The Ant and the Grasshopper (Season 2, Episode 5)
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Somerset Maugham Hour

The Ant and the Grasshopper (Season 2, Episode 5)

TV Episode

The Ramsay brothers couldn't be more different - one is hard-working, quiet, and fearfully proper, the other an indolent spendthrift playboy. But appearances can be deceptive.

Directors

Geoffrey Hughes | Richard Sidwell (film sequences)

Writers

W. Somerset Maugham (stories) | Peter Yeldham (dramatised by)

Production Designer

John Clements

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Updated Nov 25, 1960

Release date

Nov 25, 1960 (United Kingdom)

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Hugh Williams Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Take My Life (1947)
Charles Gray Tom Ramsey Tom Ramsey See fewer	Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Richard Wattis George Ramsey George Ramsey See fewer	Hobson's Choice (1954)
Richard Cuthbert Head Waiter Head Waiter See fewer	Public Eye (1965)
J. Trevor Davies Mr. Mountain (as J. Trevor-Davis) Mr. Mountain (as J. Trevor-Davis) See fewer	The Flaw (1955)
Daphne Goddard Miss Worthington Miss Worthington See fewer	Six Days of Justice (1972)
Pauline Letts Mary Ramsey Mary Ramsey See fewer	Antony and Cleopatra (1951)
Richard Mathews Cronshaw Cronshaw See fewer	Children of the Stones (1977)
Michael Nightingale Mr. Marlowe Mr. Marlowe See fewer	The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Mike Oxley Johnson (as Michael Oxley) Johnson (as Michael Oxley) See fewer	The Rebel Heiress (1958)
Mairhi Russell Anne Ramsey Anne Ramsey See fewer	Gilbert and Sullivan: The Immortal Jesters (1961)
Yolande Turner Louise Louise See fewer	The Avengers (1961)