Comedy /

Score: 69%( 39 votes )

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
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin

Glynis Johns
Ruth Earp

Valerie Hobson
Countess of Chell

Petula Clark
Nellie Cotterill

Edward Chapman
Mr. Duncalf

Veronica Turleigh
Mrs. Machin

George Devine
Mr. Calvert

Joan Hickson
Mrs. Codleyn

Frank Pettingell
Police Superintendent

Gibb McLaughlin
Emery

Peter Copley
P. Shillitoe (uncredited)

Mark Daly
Lord Mayor (uncredited)

Deidre Doyle
Widow Hullins (uncredited)

Henry Edwards
Mr. Cotterill (uncredited)

Lyn Evans
Cregeen (uncredited)

Wilfrid Hyde-White
Lord at the Liverpool Dock

Michael Hordern
Bank Manager

Matthew Guinness
Denry as a Boy