The Rake's Progress

The private life of a magnificent heel...who brought out the woman in women!

100 mins
Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal of, apparently, making dissipation his career. His derelictions include seduction, betrayals of sweethearts, family and friends, and Marriage for money. All this with no signs of remorse or redemption, since his life as a completely unprincipled rake is quite enjoyable...for him, at least. Then, World War II breaks out and he is given a chance to die a heroic death for flag and country. Maybe.

Rex Harrison

Vivian Kenway

Lilli Palmer

Rikki Krausner

Godfrey Tearle

Colonel Robert Kenway

Griffith Jones

Sandy Duncan

Margaret Johnston

Jennifer Calthorp

Jean Kent

Jill Duncan

Marie Lohr

Lady Angela Parks

David Horne

Sir John Brockley

Garry Marsh

Sir Hubert Parks

Joan Hickson

Miss Parker

David Walbridge

Vivian Kenway as a child

John Salew

Burgess

Wilkie Cooper

Director of Photography

Sidney Gilliat

Screenplay

Yvonne Caffin

Costume Design

William Alwyn

Original Music Composer

David Rawnsley

Production Design

Percy Hermes

Assistant Director

Les Hammond

Sound Recordist

Frank Launder

Screenplay

Norman G. Arnold

Art Direction

W.T. Partleton

Makeup Artist

Norman Spencer

Production Manager

B. C. Sewell

Sound Director

Norah Walsh

Assistant Editor

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