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.
Alec Guinness
as Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
Glynis Johns
as Ruth Earp
Valerie Hobson
as Countess of Chell
Petula Clark
as Nellie Cotterill
Edward Chapman
as Mr. Duncalf
Veronica Turleigh
as Mrs. Machin
George Devine
as Mr. Calvert
Joan Hickson
as Mrs. Codleyn
Frank Pettingell
as Police Superintendent
Gibb McLaughlin
as Emery
Peter Copley
as P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
Mark Daly
as Lord Mayor (uncredited)
