Overview
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.
Cast
- Alec Guinness as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
- Glynis Johns as Ruth Earp
- Valerie Hobson as Countess of Chell
- Petula Clark as Nellie Cotterill
- Edward Chapman as Mr. Duncalf
- Veronica Turleigh as Mrs. Machin
- George Devine as Mr. Calvert
- Joan Hickson as Mrs. Codleyn
- Frank Pettingell as Police Superintendent
- Gibb McLaughlin as Emery