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The Card

He's the cheekiest man in town!

1952 · NR · 1h 25m

Directed by Ronald Neame

7.0

TMDB audience score
42 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Alec Guinness
    Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

  • Glynis Johns
    Ruth Earp

  • Valerie Hobson
    Countess of Chell

  • Petula Clark
    Nellie Cotterill

  • Edward Chapman
    Mr. Duncalf

  • Veronica Turleigh
    Mrs. Machin

  • George Devine
    Mr. Calvert

  • Joan Hickson
    Mrs. Codleyn

  • Frank Pettingell
    Police Superintendent

  • Gibb McLaughlin
    Emery

  • Peter Copley
    P. Shillitoe (uncredited)

  • Mark Daly
    Lord Mayor (uncredited)

  • Deidre Doyle
    Widow Hullins (uncredited)

  • Henry Edwards
    Mr. Cotterill (uncredited)

  • Lyn Evans
    Cregeen (uncredited)

  • Wilfrid Hyde-White
    Lord at the Liverpool Dock

  • Michael Hordern
    Bank Manager

  • Matthew Guinness
    Denry as a Boy