The Promoter Summary
Director: Ronald Neame
Genres: Drama
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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 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
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