The Private Affairs of Bel Ami

In this 1947 drama, a ruthless and ambitious journalist uses his charms on women to rise in Parisian society, manipulating those who fall for him along the way. Based on Guy de Maupassant's novel Bel Ami, the film stars George Sanders as Georges Duroy, a self-serving cad who uses woman as stepping stones to social acceptability, while also becoming embroiled in a complex web of love, loyalty, and deceit.