The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Available on BBC iPlayer
Drama set in 19th-century Paris. Adapted from the novel by Guy de Maupassant, the film tells the story of Georges Duroy, a womanising rogue whose ambitions to gain wealth and social status leave a string of broken hearts in his wake.
Starring George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Ann Dvorak
Director Albert Lewin, Robert Aldrich