The Card

“He's the cheekiest man in town!”

6.9(39)19521h 25m

Comedy

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.

Director

Ronald Neame

Where to watch

Stream

Free

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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)

Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

3y ago

7.0

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 expedie...