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"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

12248

Alec Guinness

as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

5826

Glynis Johns

as Ruth Earp

2924

Valerie Hobson

as Countess of Chell

129515

Petula Clark

as Nellie Cotterill

33267

Edward Chapman

as Mr. Duncalf

136897

Veronica Turleigh

as Mrs. Machin

45468

George Devine

as Mr. Calvert

11135

Joan Hickson

as Mrs. Codleyn

106626

Frank Pettingell

as Police Superintendent

109864

Gibb McLaughlin

as Emery

28482

Peter Copley

as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)

584082

Mark Daly

as Lord Mayor (uncredited)

1833619

Deidre Doyle

as Widow Hullins (uncredited)

47657

Henry Edwards

as Mr. Cotterill (uncredited)

936927

Lyn Evans

as Cregeen (uncredited)

15387

Wilfrid Hyde-White

as Lord at the Liverpool Dock

39741

Michael Hordern

as Bank Manager

90766

Matthew Guinness

as Denry as a Boy

Crew

7501

Ronald Neame

Director

136896

Arnold Bennett

Novel

41416

Eric Ambler

Screenplay

39054

William Alwyn

Original Music Composer

10339

Oswald Morris

Director of Photography

33513

Clive Donner

Editor

1604151

T. Hopewell Ash

Art Direction

31060

Sophie Devine

Costume Design