The Card poster

The Card( 1952)

TV-MAComedy
69%
User
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He's the cheekiest man in town!

Overview

A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing - some honest, some not quite so. If he can just manage to avoid a certain very predatory woman.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Alec Guinness

      Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

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      Glynis Johns

      Ruth Earp

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      Valerie Hobson

      Countess of Chell

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      Petula Clark

      Nellie Cotterill

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      Edward Chapman

      Mr. Duncalf

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      Veronica Turleigh

      Mrs. Machin

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      George Devine

      Mr. Calvert

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      Joan Hickson

      Mrs. Codleyn

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      Frank Pettingell

      Police Superintendent

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      Gibb McLaughlin

      Emery

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      Peter Copley

      P. Shillitoe (uncredited)

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      Mark Daly

      Lord Mayor (uncredited)

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      Deidre Doyle

      Widow Hullins (uncredited)

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      Henry Edwards

      Mr. Cotterill (uncredited)

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      Lyn Evans

      Cregeen (uncredited)

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      Wilfrid Hyde-White

      Lord at the Liverpool Dock

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      Michael Hordern

      Bank Manager

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      Matthew Guinness

      Denry as a Boy

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Sep 11 2022
    Ronald Name has done quite a good job turning Arnold Bennett's amiable rags-to-riches tale into a throughly watchable film. Alec Guinness ("Denry" - an amalgam of Edward and Henry) is the aspiring son of a lowly washerwoman (Veronica Turleigh). Determined to better his lot, he happens upon the wallet lost by local lawyer/bigwig "Duncalf" (Edward Chapman). Honesty always being the best (and expedient) policy, he returns it and is soon his clerk; a menially clerical position that first introduces him to the rather daunting "Countess of Chell" (Valerie Hobson), Now he begins to set his sights on g...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • bankrupt
    • ambition
    • opportunist
    • rags to riches
    • business idea
    • opportunity
    • self made man
    • business minded
    • successful
    • self-determination
    • charming man