Promoter (1952)
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The Promoter was based on the Arnold Bennett novel The Card, which served as its British release title. Impoverished young clerk Alec Guinness works his way up the financial ladder until he has become a successful and highly respected loan officer. Actually, Guinness is not as above-board as the… More The Promoter was based on the Arnold Bennett novel The Card, which served as its British release title. Impoverished young clerk Alec Guinness works his way up the financial ladder until he has become a successful and highly respected loan officer. Actually, Guinness is not as above-board as the world perceives him. Beginning with cheating on a high school exam, he has wheeled and dealed his way to the top, and ethics be damned. Balancing Guinness' cold-blooded business savvy is his comparative ineptitude with women, particularly the bewitching Glynis Johns. Only Alec Guinness could succeed at making his "Sammy Glick" character appealing from first scene to last. The Promoter was scripted by Eric Ambler, who managed to unearth moments of sly cynicism that original author Bennett had barely touched upon. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ronald Neame
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
Unrated,
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Cast
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Alec Guinness
as E.H. Machin
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Petula Clark
as Nellie Cotterill
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Glynis Johns
as Ruth Earp
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Valerie Hobson
as Countess of Chell
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Edward Chapman
as Herbert Duncalf
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Gibb McLaughlin
as Emery
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Veronica Turleigh
as Mrs. Machin
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George Devine
as Herbert Calvert
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Frank Pettingell
as Supt. Barlow
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Peter Copley
as Shillitoe
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Lynn Evans
as The Boatman
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Matthew Guinness
as Denry as a Boy
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Joan Hickson
as Mrs. Codleyn
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Paul Hopkins
as Denry as a Baby
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Michael Hordern
as Banker
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Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Lord
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Alison Leggatt
as Mrs. Cotterill
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Michael Trubshawe
as Yeomanry Officer
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Henry Edwards
as Mr. Cotterill
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Deirdre Doyle
as Widow Hullins
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Harold Goodwin
as John
