The Promoter
Summary:
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 whe... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Alec Guinness - (E.H. Machin)
Petula Clark - (Nellie Cotterill)
Glynis Johns - (Ruth Earp)
Valerie Hobson - (Countess of Chell)
Edward Chapman - (Herbert Duncalf)
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Review:
Very few films can be both as charming and as cynical as The Promoter, and it is a tribute to director Ronald Neame and scenarist Eric Ambler that they are able to pull off this difficult combination. Neame, whose understated approach to material often leads him into dullness, has a very fine grip on things here, keeping the general ton... Continue >>
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