The Rake's Progress
The private life of a magnificent heel...who brought out the woman in women!
Starring: Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer, Godfrey Tearle, Griffith Jones, Margaret Johnston
Writer: Sidney Gilliat, Val Valentine, Frank Launder
December 6, 1945
6.7 / 10
Sidney Gilliat
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Overview
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.