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