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.
Edward Henry 'Denry' Machin
Alec Guinness
Ruth Earp
Glynis Johns
Countess of Chell
Valerie Hobson
Nellie Cotterill
Petula Clark
Mr. Duncalf
Edward Chapman
Mrs. Machin
Veronica Turleigh
Mr. Calvert
George Devine
Mrs. Codleyn
Joan Hickson
Police Superintendent
Frank Pettingell
Emery
Gibb McLaughlin
P. Shillitoe (uncredited)
Peter Copley
Lord Mayor (uncredited)
Mark Daly
Widow Hullins (uncredited)
Deidre Doyle
Mr. Cotterill (uncredited)
Henry Edwards
Cregeen (uncredited)
Lyn Evans
Lord at the Liverpool Dock
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Bank Manager
Michael Hordern
Denry as a Boy
Matthew Guinness