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The Card

"He's the cheekiest man in town!"

1952

1h 25m

6.9(39 votes)

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.

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18 members

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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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