UK Release date: 29 November 1948
First Melbourne Saturday Suburban: 18 March 1950
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Running time: 60 minutes
Director: Charles Saunders
Cast: Frederick Piper, Kathleen Boutall, Nigel Buchanan
Australian Distributor: GBDFD
Melbourne Premiere Venue: Hoyts’ Regent Theatre for three weeks from 30 December 1949 supporting Come to the Stable.
Suburban Release Type: Hoyts 5-W-2
Rankings
| EF Points | 81 | 245 |
| EF PPE | 1.69 | 310 |
| Metres Travelled | 523,688 | 91 |
| Average MT | 10,910 | 79 |
| Engagements | 48 | 124 |
| Slots | 48 | 214 |
| Weeks | 0 | 338* |
| Weeks as % of engagements | 0.00% | 338* |
| Saturdays | 33 | 36 |
| Sats as % of engagements | 68.75% | 26 |
| Tuesdays | 15 | 138 |
| Tues as % of engagements | 31.25% | 182 |
| First billed | 0 | 263* |
| Second billed | 48 | 27 |
| Feature only | 0 | 34* |
Hoyts Ratios
| Engagements weeks 1-10 | 42 |
| Ratio | 87.50% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -4.86% |
| Eng weeks 11-26 | 4 |
| Ratio | 8.33% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 2.94% |
| Eng weeks 27-52 | 2 |
| Ratio | 4.17% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 1.93% |
| Hoyts eng | 34 |
| Ratio | 70.83% |
| Difference to chain ratio | 5.05% |
| Independent eng | 4 |
| Ratio | 8.33% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -3.17% |
| Suburban eng | 10 |
| Ratio | 20.83% |
| Difference to chain ratio | -1.89% |
Notes: Very minor family drama from Rank that accompanied Quartet for much of its suburban run. A number of Saturdays boosted its meagre EF ranking but, considering its strong number of bookings – 48 – not a single week amongst them. It did, however, enjoy a reasonably long life on screen in its first year.
Fly Away Peter engagements
| SUBURB | VENUE | CHAIN | DATE | W | D | B | CO-FEATURE |
| Caulfield | Crystal Palace | Suburban | 18/3/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Albert Park | Park | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Slattery’s Hurricane |
| Malvern | New | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Prahran | Empress | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| South Yarra | Regent | Hoyts | 18/3/50 | 1 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Ascot Vale | Ascot | Suburban | 25/3/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Brighton | Centre | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Elsternwick | Renown | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Essendon | Circle | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 2 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 2 | S | 2 | A Song is Born |
| Northcote | Northcote | Suburban | 25/3/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Quartet |
| Richmond | Globe | Suburban | 25/3/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Quartet |
| Ascot Vale | Waratah | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Quartet |
| Essendon | Plaza | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Quartet |
| Thornbury | Regent | Hoyts | 25/3/50 | 2 | T | 2 | Quartet |
| Balwyn | Time | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Bentleigh | Bentleigh | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Camberwell | Broadway | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Footscray | Barkly | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Gardiner | Regent | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Hampton | Southern | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 3 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Carnegie | Carnegie | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Quartet |
| Glenferrie | Palace | Hoyts | 1/4/50 | 3 | T | 2 | Quartet |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 8/4/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Canterbury | Maling | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Malvern | Victory | Hoyts | 8/4/50 | 4 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Williamstown | Shore | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 5 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Yarraville | St. George | Suburban | 15/4/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Quartet |
| St.Kilda | Victory | Hoyts | 15/4/50 | 5 | T | 2 | Quartet |
| North Fitzroy | Merri | Hoyts | 22/4/50 | 6 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Port Melbourne | Eclipse | Hoyts | 22/4/50 | 6 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Windsor | New | Hoyts | 22/4/50 | 6 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Eltham | Plaza | Suburban | 22/4/50 | 6 | T | 2 | Quartet |
| Coburg | Grand | Hoyts | 29/4/50 | 7 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Glenhuntly | Glenhuntly | Hoyts | 29/4/50 | 7 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Preston | Circle | Hoyts | 6/5/50 | 8 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Kew | Rialto | Hoyts | 6/5/50 | 8 | T | 2 | Quartet |
| Ivanhoe | Ivanhoe | Hoyts | 13/5/50 | 9 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Hartwell | Regal | Suburban | 13/5/50 | 9 | T | 2 | Quartet |
| Brunswick | Lygon | Hoyts | 13/5/50 | 9 | T | 2 | Quartet |
| Elwood | Broadway | Independent | 3/6/50 | 12 | S | 2 | Bonnie Prince Charlie |
| Oakleigh | Paramount | Independent | 10/6/50 | 13 | T | 2 | House of Strangers |
| North Richmond | Victoria | Independent | 24/6/50 | 15 | S | 2 | The Heiress |
| Camberwell | Rivoli | Suburban | 2/9/50 | 25 | S | 2 | Quartet |
| Coburg West | Progress | Independent | 23/12/50 | 41 | T | 2 | Quartet |
| Balwyn | Balwyn | Suburban | 13/1/51 | 44 | S | 2 | Quartet |



