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The Rake's Progress is a British film of genre Drama directed by Sidney Gilliat with Rex Harrison
The Rake's Progress (1945)
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Add to a movie listThe Rake's Progress is a 1945 British comedy-drama film. In the United States, the title was changed to Notorious Gentleman. The film caused controversy with U.S. censors of the time, who trimmed scenes for what was considered graphic amoral and sexual content.
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The plot follows the career of upper-class cad Vivian Kenway (Rex Harrison). He is sent down from Oxford University for placing a chamber pot on the Martyrs' Memorial. Sent to South America, he rebels against plantation life, eventually becoming a car racing driver. He descends to a life of woman-chasing and drunkenness, which causes the death of his father, Colonel Kenway (Godfrey Tearle). The plot diverges from the theme of the Rake's Progress paintings by having him redeem himself by a hero's death in World War II.Actors
Rex Harrison
(Vivian Kenway)
Lilli Palmer
(Rikki Krausner)
Godfrey Tearle
(Colonel Robert Kenway)
Griffith Jones
(Sandy Duncan)
Margaret Johnston
(Jennifer Calthrop)
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