The Rake's Progress (U.S. title Notorious Gentleman) is a 1945 British comedy-drama film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Rex Harrison and Lilli Palmer. It was written by Frank Launder, Gilliat and Val Valentine.

Plot

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. Sent to South America after his father pulls a favour from a friend, he is fired for heckling the managing director while drunk.