The Rake's Progress

Genre: drama

Year Published: 1945

Creator: Sidney Gilliat

Credits: Cast: Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer

Description: The plot follows the career of upper-class cad Vivian Kenway. He is sent down from Oxford University for placing a chamber pot on the Martyrs' Memorial. 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.

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