Fame Is the Spur

Fame Is the Spur (1947)

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.

6.5

Release Date: 1947-09-23
Runtime: 1h 56min
Production Company: Two Cities Films
Production Country: United Kingdom
Director: Roy Boulting
Writer: Nigel Balchin

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Cast

Michael Redgrave

Hamer Radshaw
Rosamund John

Ann Radshaw
Bernard Miles

Tom Hannaway
Carla Lehmann

Lady Lettice
Hugh Burden

Arnold Ryerson
Marjorie Fielding

Aunt Lizzie
Seymour Hicks

Old Buck
Tony Wager

The Boy Hamer
Brian Weske

The Boy Ryerson
Gerald Fox

The Boy Hannaway
Jean Shepeard

Mrs. Radshaw
Guy Verney

Grandpa
Percy Walsh

Suddaby
David Tomlinson

Lord Liskeard
Charles Wood

Dai
Milton Rosmer

Magistrate
Wylie Watson

Pendleton
Ronald Adam

Radshaws' Doctor (uncredited)
Honor Blackman

Emma (uncredited)
Clifford Buckton

Gamekeeper (uncredited)
Campbell Cotts

Meeting Chairman (uncredited)
Maurice Denham

Prison Doctor #2 (uncredited)
Kenneth Griffith

Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)
Roddy Hughes

Wartime Miners' Spokesman (uncredited)
Vi Kaley

Old Woman in Election Crowd (uncredited)
Laurence Kitchin

Radshaws' Secretary (uncredited)
Philip Ray

Doctor (uncredited)
Gerald Sim

Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Terry

Man in Election Crowd (uncredited)
Iris Vandeleur

Woman Who Opens Front Door (uncredited)
H Victor Weske

Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)
Ben Williams

Radical Orator (uncredited)
Fred Wood

Unimpressed Welsh Miner (uncredited)