The Promoter (1952)
The Card
He's the cheekiest man in town!
85 min
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.
- Release date
- February 25, 1952
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Alec Guinness as Denry Machin
- Glynis Johns as Ruth Earp
- Valerie Hobson as Countess of Chell
- Petula Clark as Nellie Cotterill
- Edward Chapman as Herbert Duncalf
- Veronica Turleigh as Mrs. Machin
- George Devine as Mr. H. Calvert
- Joan Hickson as Mrs. Codleyn
- Frank Pettingell as Police Superintendent
- Gibb McLaughlin as Emery
- Peter Copley as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
- Mark Daly as Lord Mayor (uncredited)
- Henry Edwards as Mr. Cotterill (uncredited)
- Lyn Evans as Cregeen (uncredited)
- Wilfrid Hyde-White as Lord at the Liverpool Dock
- Michael Hordern as Bank Manager
- Matthew Guinness as Denry as a Boy
Crew
- Ronald Neame · Director
- Arnold Bennett · Writer
- Eric Ambler · Writer
- John Bryan · Producer
- William Alwyn · Composer
- Oswald Morris · Cinematographer
- Clive Donner · Editor