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The Card [1952] [DVD]

DVD ~ Alec Guinness

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Actors: Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Valerie Hobson, Petula Clark, Edward Chapman
Directors: Ronald Neame
Writers: Arnold Bennett, Eric Ambler
Producers: Bob McNaught, Earl St. John, John Bryan
Format: Black & White, PAL
Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
Number of discs: 1
Classification: U
Studio: Network
DVD Release Date: 12 Mar 2007
Run Time: 87 minutes

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

ASIN: B000MEYGU4
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 21,000 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Amusing adaptation of Arnold Bennett's tale of a young man who made the cards fall his way.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Lovely Little Film!, 28 Oct 2007

By	David Lusher (London England) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This is a gentle comedy about a modest working class chap (Alec Guinness) who uses his wits to rise up the social ladder and make a bit of money into the bargain. A good cast and a delightful story all make for first class entertainment. His innovative ideas to get rich are not bad either!

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5.0 out of 5 stars The young Alec Guinness at his best, 13 Jun 2001

By	Yaakov Wise, MA (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Card [VHS] [1952] (VHS Tape)

Brilliant recreation of Arnold Bennett's comic novel of late 19th century Potteries life (Stoke-on-Trent etc) and the workers' seaside antics in North Wales - where many still go on vacation. Guinness plays Denry Machin - the cheeky, clever son of a washerwoman who finds love and fortune (not in that order) in a story full of adventure and warmth. Good supporting cast includes Glynis Johns and (a very young) Petula Clark. Like most of Bennett's Potteries novels it's partly biographical and partly unfulfilled dream.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Llandudno looks great, 8 Jul 2006

By	Mr. P. J. R. LEWIS (Llandudno N Wales) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Card [VHS] [1952] (VHS Tape)

Speaking to a friend working at our theatre he remembers the film The Card being filmed 54yrs ago.Sir Alec Guiness stayed in the Imperial Hotel and happily posed for photographs whilst walking to the promenard to do the filming.

The seaside town as you have now gathered for this very fifities film is The Queen of Welsh resorts Llandudno and a rather entertaining film it is too.

For Guiness fans this is a film worth watching and the reason i have given it a five star rating is because most of the film set is around the corner from where i live so its exciting seeing a film with familiar surroundings.

If you have seen Guiness playing Herbert Pocket in David Copperfield this film has the same sort of atmosphere a typical film of that era.

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