The Promoter
Original title: The Card
“He's the cheekiest man in town!”
1952 · 1 h 25 min
Ronald NeameCast
Alec Guinness 
Glynis Johns 
Valerie Hobson 
Petula Clark 
Edward Chapman 
Veronica Turleigh
Credits
Written by: Arnold Bennett
Plot
A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself from poverty by pulling schemes.
Sinekatalog’s take
Ronald Neame's Ealing-style comedy, with Alec Guinness, is delightful and sly, a light satire of class.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.1 / 10 (2,182 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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