

The Card
1952-02-25 · 85 min · ★ 7.0
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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- Directors
- Ronald Neame
- Production companies
- A Ronald Neame Production
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Alec GuinnessEdward Henry 'Denry' Machin
Glynis JohnsRuth Earp
Valerie HobsonCountess of Chell
Petula ClarkNellie Cotterill
Edward ChapmanMr. Duncalf
George DevineMr. Calvert
Joan HicksonMrs. Codleyn
Frank PettingellPolice Superintendent
Gibb McLaughlinEmery
Peter CopleyP. Shillitoe (uncredited)
Henry EdwardsMr. Cotterill (uncredited)
Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteLord at the Liverpool Dock
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