| The Card (also known as The Promoter in | | | | (gold-digger Glynis Johns). He works out |
| US) 1952 UK black and white, 85 | | | | a solution for repayments and she pins |
| minutes runtimeGo-Getters In Vintage | | | | herself to him in gratitude. She |
| Movies: Review by Esmerelda JonesAdapted | | | | realizes that Denry is a jackpot but |
| from the novel by Arnold | | | | needs some gentle guidance to obtain |
| BennettOriginal Music by William | | | | his ideals.Now he is ready to invest. He |
| AlwynAlec Guinness as Edward | | | | knows instinctively that business |
| Henry 'Denry' MachinGlynis Johns | | | | multiplication is the route to riches. |
| as Ruth EarpValerie Hobson as | | | | After a few quick turnovers for |
| Countess of ChellPetula Clark as | | | | profit, Denry has two women on his arms; |
| Nellie CotterillEdward Chapman as | | | | Nellie the coy dove and Ruth the |
| Mr. DuncalfVeronica Turleigh as | | | | materialistic beauty.Denry plots the |
| Mrs. MachinGeorge Devine as Mr. | | | | approval of the Countess of Chell and |
| CalvertJoan Hickson as Mrs. | | | | begins a social climb. He |
| CodleynSet in the 1880's in the | | | | launches the Universal Thrift Club where |
| five-towns Potteries of North | | | | customers may purchase on credit, |
| Staffordshire, England.With a | | | | but only at the stores that oblige him |
| tagline "He's the cheekiest man | | | | with prime percentages. Even an |
| in town!" The Card (Alec Guinness) | | | | awful mishap with a donkey cart turns |
| will teach you a few tricks about how to | | | | into glory for Denry. The mossy rock of |
| make it in business from | | | | fortune keeps rolling. Denry's mother |
| scratch.Alec Guinness plays the witty | | | | submits to his gift of a fur coat, |
| and self-basting Denry, a slum baby who | | | | but not before she has scorned the |
| uses his merry attitude to scoot | | | | gorgeous frippery and threatened to box |
| himself along in life, capping it off | | | | it up in mothballs because it is too |
| with some clever smooching to be voted | | | | fine to wear.While you watch |
| in as town mayor. Their is no | | | | Denry (Alec Guinness) stride through his |
| encouragement from his mother (a | | | | blueprint for fortune, don't miss |
| washerwoman widow), who clutches onto | | | | the smart tactics of Ruth (Glynis |
| her poverty as if it's the last thread | | | | Johns). No wonder he chose to |
| of security. She is even afraid of | | | | marry the soft Nellie; Ruth was sharp |
| money. Denry has heard her | | | | competition (but how did he |
| pinched warnings about hard work and | | | | resist those amorous blue eyes and |
| council housing being good enough | | | | pouting appeals?). She urged him to |
| for his father. Dreary years scraping | | | | stand for mayor while Nellie was happy |
| will not do for The Card however. | | | | with pennies. It's a satisfying |
| He's going to escape.Denry decides that | | | | ending, but Denry would have been a |
| the only way to gain entry to college is | | | | bigger cracker with Ruth.Secret |
| to re-arrange his exam results. | | | | Symbols: Bank accounts, a bag full of |
| He enjoys his free education with the | | | | coins that spill onto the floor, the |
| sons of gentlemen, although | | | | Universal Thrift Club membership |
| suffering the necessary pelting for | | | | for approved shops only.Ferret out |
| being a washerwoman's boy. By | | | | this crackly black and white classic; |
| seeing opportunity in every moment Denry | | | | it's worth 85 minutes of your time. |
| walks into a clerical position | | | | Writers and entrepreneurs: view |
| and then obtains employment as a rent | | | | it with notebook and pen. My rating: a |
| collector from a dissatisfied | | | | 9-star must.Full graphics version |
| client of the company (Miss Marple fans | | | | hereEsmerelda Jones... writer of desires |
| will see Joan Hickson). His cunning | | | | and old curiosities |
| ability is spotted by a flustered | | | | Wench PublishingAuthor of: The Higher |
| agent who offers him the rent roll. | | | | Self expressed in Ancient Wisdom, |
| Coins clink against coins and | | | | Beauty, Goddess Sensuality, Golden |
| Denry proudly watches the funds grow in | | | | Wealth, Poems For The Passionate, |
| his bank account. While calling | | | | Ecstatic Romance. Writings of the |
| on Miss Ruth's Academy For Dancing to | | | | struggling Lower Self in tales of |
| collect embarrassingly overdue | | | | Victoriana, Victorian Swoon Flash |
| rent, he encounters a charming kindred | | | | Fiction, Old Curiosities, Bushrangers |
| spirit on the prowl for money | | | | and Quaint Collections. |