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Fame Is the Spur (1947)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 56M

Director : Roy Boulting
Writer : Nigel Balchin

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Michael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
Hamer Radshaw
Rosamund John
Rosamund John
Ann Radshaw
Bernard Miles
Bernard Miles
Tom Hannaway
Carla Lehmann
Carla Lehmann
Lady Lettice
Hugh Burden
Hugh Burden
Arnold Ryerson
Marjorie Fielding
Marjorie Fielding
Aunt Lizzie
Seymour Hicks
Seymour Hicks
Old Buck
Tony Wager
Tony Wager
The Boy Hamer
Brian Weske
Brian Weske
The Boy Ryerson
Gerald Fox
Gerald Fox
The Boy Hannaway
Jean Shepeard
Jean Shepeard
Mrs. Radshaw
Guy Verney
Guy Verney
Grandpa
Percy Walsh
Percy Walsh
Suddaby
David Tomlinson
David Tomlinson
Lord Liskeard
Charles Wood
Charles Wood
Dai
Milton Rosmer
Milton Rosmer
Magistrate
Wylie Watson
Wylie Watson
Pendleton
Ronald Adam
Ronald Adam
Radshaws' Doctor (uncredited)
Honor Blackman
Honor Blackman
Emma (uncredited)
Clifford Buckton
Clifford Buckton
Gamekeeper (uncredited)
Campbell Cotts
Campbell Cotts
Meeting Chairman (uncredited)
Maurice Denham
Maurice Denham
Prison Doctor #2 (uncredited)
Kenneth Griffith
Kenneth Griffith
Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)
Roddy Hughes
Roddy Hughes
Wartime Miners' Spokesman (uncredited)
Vi Kaley
Vi Kaley
Old Woman in Election Crowd (uncredited)
Laurence Kitchin
Laurence Kitchin
Radshaws' Secretary (uncredited)
Philip Ray
Philip Ray
Doctor (uncredited)
Gerald Sim
Gerald Sim
Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Terry
Harry Terry
Man in Election Crowd (uncredited)
Iris Vandeleur
Iris Vandeleur
Woman Who Opens Front Door (uncredited)
H Victor Weske
H Victor Weske
Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)
Ben Williams
Ben Williams
Radical Orator (uncredited)
Fred Wood
Fred Wood
Unimpressed Welsh Miner (uncredited)

Crews

Roy Boulting
Roy Boulting
Director
Howard Spring
Howard Spring
Novel
Nigel Balchin
Nigel Balchin
Screenplay
John Boulting
John Boulting
Producer
John Wooldridge
John Wooldridge
Music
Richard Best
Richard Best
Editor
Günther Krampf
Günther Krampf
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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