The Rake's Progress
6.6
“The private life of a magnificent heel...who brought out the woman in women!”
Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal of, apparently, making dissipation his career. His derelictions include seduction, betrayals of sweethearts, family and friends, and Marriage for money. All this with no signs of remorse or redemption, since his life as a completely unprincipled rake is quite enjoyable...for him, at least. Then, World War II breaks out and he is given a chance to die a heroic death for flag and country. Maybe.
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Cast
18 people
Rex Harrison
Vivian Kenway
Known for
My Fair Lady
Cleopatra
Lilli Palmer
Rikki Krausner
Known for
The House That Screamed
The Boys from Brazil
Godfrey Tearle
Colonel Robert Kenway
Known for
The 39 Steps
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Griffith Jones
Sandy Duncan
Known for
They Made Me a Fugitive
Margaret Johnston
Jennifer Calthorp
Known for
Night of the Eagle
Guy Middleton
Fogroy
Also in
Laughter in Paradise
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Jean Kent
Jill Duncan
Known for
The Browning Version
The Prince and the Showgirl
Marie Lohr
Lady Angela Parks
Known for
Pygmalion
Anna Karenina
David Horne
Sir John Brockley
Known for
The Prince and the Showgirl
Garry Marsh
Sir Hubert Parks
Known for
Number Seventeen
Scrooge
Alan Wheatley
Edwards
Known for
Brighton Rock
Caesar and Cleopatra
Joan Hickson
Miss Parker
Known for
Miss Marple: The Murder at the Vicarage
Clockwise
Sidney Gilliat Director · Frank Launder Screenplay Val Valentine Story
United States release November 1, 1946 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · December 6, 1945
Theatrical
United States · November 1, 1946
Theatrical
XC
February 28, 1947 · Theatrical
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