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The Promoter
Running Time: 87 min.
Produced By: / British Film Makers / General Film Distributors

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. ... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Alec Guinness (E.H. Machin) Petula Clark (Nellie Cotterill) Glynis Johns (Ruth Earp) Valerie Hobson (Countess of Chell) All Cast & Crew >> 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 oft ... Continue >>

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