Memento Mori (1992) - Dark Comedy Drama - Maggie Smith, Stephanie Cole, Michael Hordern, Thora Hird

A group of friends receive phone calls from an anonymous caller, who threatens to unearth a dark, hidden secret. A retired inspector takes on the task of finding the source of the calls. Muriel Spark penned some wonderful stories, and this is no exception, expect scandal, intrigue, mystery and suspense. Memento Mori is a celebration of old age, death, the class system and living it up a bit in post war 1950s Britain. It is not mawkish or sentimental. Actually a little bit satirical and jocular. Cast: Dame Lettie Colston - Stephanie Cole Godfrey Colston - Michael Hordern Charmian Colston - Renee Asherson Mrs Mabel Pettigrew - Maggie Smith Jean Taylor - Thora Hird Guy Leet - Maurice Denholm IMDB link for full cast and other contributors: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104849/ Trivia: Jack Clayton spent many years trying to set up a film of Muriel Spark's novel, which was first published at the end of the 1950s. He was repeatedly told that too many of the leading characters were old people for any film version to be a box-office success. After Driving Miss Daisy (1989) had proved a great hit, he tried again, but, even then, could only set the film up as a TV movie, using the same screenplay that he had prepared for the cinema.