The Card (1952)

7.0/10 85 min Comedy

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.

Cast

Alec Guinness

Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

Glynis Johns

Ruth Earp

Valerie Hobson

Countess of Chell

Petula Clark

Nellie Cotterill

Edward Chapman

Mr. Duncalf

George Devine

Mr. Calvert

Joan Hickson

Mrs. Codleyn

Frank Pettingell

Police Superintendent

Gibb McLaughlin

Emery

Peter Copley

P. Shillitoe (uncredited)

Henry Edwards

Mr. Cotterill (uncredited)

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Lord at the Liverpool Dock

Michael Hordern

Bank Manager

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