Fame Is the Spur

Fame Is the Spur (1947)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1947-09-23
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 5 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 56min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Two Cities Films
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Roy Boulting
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Summary

A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to displace.

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  • Michael Redgrave

    as Hamer Radshaw

  • Rosamund John

    as Ann Radshaw

  • Bernard Miles

    as Tom Hannaway

  • Carla Lehmann

    as Lady Lettice

  • Hugh Burden

    as Arnold Ryerson

  • Marjorie Fielding

    as Aunt Lizzie

  • Seymour Hicks

    as Old Buck

  • Tony Wager

    as The Boy Hamer

  • Brian Weske

    as The Boy Ryerson

  • Gerald Fox

    as The Boy Hannaway

  • Jean Shepeard

    as Mrs. Radshaw

  • Guy Verney

    as Grandpa

  • Percy Walsh

    as Suddaby

  • David Tomlinson

    as Lord Liskeard

  • Charles Wood

    as Dai

  • Milton Rosmer

    as Magistrate

  • Wylie Watson

    as Pendleton

  • Ronald Adam

    as Radshaws' Doctor (uncredited)

  • Honor Blackman

    as Emma (uncredited)

  • Clifford Buckton

    as Gamekeeper (uncredited)

  • Campbell Cotts

    as Meeting Chairman (uncredited)

  • Maurice Denham

    as Prison Doctor #2 (uncredited)

  • Kenneth Griffith

    as Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)

  • Roddy Hughes

    as Wartime Miners' Spokesman (uncredited)

  • Vi Kaley

    as Old Woman in Election Crowd (uncredited)

  • Laurence Kitchin

    as Radshaws' Secretary (uncredited)

  • Philip Ray

    as Doctor (uncredited)

  • Gerald Sim

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Harry Terry

    as Man in Election Crowd (uncredited)

  • Iris Vandeleur

    as Woman Who Opens Front Door (uncredited)

  • H Victor Weske

    as Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)

  • Ben Williams

    as Radical Orator (uncredited)

  • Fred Wood

    as Unimpressed Welsh Miner (uncredited)
Directing Roy Boulting Director
Writing Nigel Balchin Screenplay
Writing Howard Spring Novel
Sound John Wooldridge Music
Editing Richard Best Editor
Camera Günther Krampf Director of Photography
Production John Boulting Producer

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