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The Card

★ 7.0/10•1952•1h 25m•NR•Comedy

He's the cheekiest man in town!

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.

Ronald Neame · Director

Eric Ambler · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 25m
LanguageEN
Release DateFeb 25, 1952

Actors

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns

Ruth Earp

Valerie Hobson

Valerie Hobson

Countess of Chell

Petula Clark

Petula Clark

Nellie Cotterill

Edward Chapman

Edward Chapman

Mr. Duncalf

Veronica Turleigh

Mrs. Machin

George Devine

George Devine

Mr. Calvert

Joan Hickson

Joan Hickson

Mrs. Codleyn

Frank Pettingell

Frank Pettingell

Police Superintendent

Gibb McLaughlin

Gibb McLaughlin

Emery

Peter Copley

Peter Copley

P. Shillitoe (uncredited)

Mark Daly

Lord Mayor (uncredited)

Deidre Doyle

Widow Hullins (uncredited)

Henry Edwards

Henry Edwards

Mr. Cotterill (uncredited)

Lyn Evans

Cregeen (uncredited)

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Lord at the Liverpool Dock

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