The Card
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“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.
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Cast
18 people
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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Bride of Frankenstein
Great Expectations
Petula Clark
Nellie Cotterill
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
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Edward Chapman
Mr. Duncalf
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Things to Come
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Veronica Turleigh
Mrs. Machin
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George Devine
Mr. Calvert
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Tom Jones
Joan Hickson
Mrs. Codleyn
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Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Clockwise
Frank Pettingell
Police Superintendent
Known for
Gaslight
The Crimson Pirate
Gibb McLaughlin
Emery
Known for
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The Lavender Hill Mob
Peter Copley
P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
Known for
The Colour of Magic
Victim
Mark Daly
Lord Mayor (uncredited)
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Ronald Neame Director · Eric Ambler Screenplay Arnold Bennett Author
United States release October 28, 1952 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Universal Pictures
Production
A Ronald Neame Production
Production
Universal Pictures
Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · February 25, 1952
Theatrical
United States · October 28, 1952
Theatrical
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