Fame Is the Spur (1947)

1h 56min | Drama | Sep 23, 1947 | Released

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.

Director: Roy Boulting

Producer: John Boulting

Writer(s): Nigel Balchin

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Cast (18 Members)

Pendleton

Hamer Radshaw

Tom Hannaway

Emma (uncredited)

Reporter (uncredited)

Ben Williams

Radical Orator (uncredited)

Ann Radshaw

Arnold Ryerson

Aunt Lizzie

Old Buck

Wartime Miners' Spokesman (uncredited)

Doctor (uncredited)

The Boy Ryerson

Lady Lettice

Unimpressed Welsh Miner (uncredited)

Tony Wager

The Boy Hamer

Gerald Fox

The Boy Hannaway

Jean Shepeard

Mrs. Radshaw

Wylie Watson Pendleton

Michael Redgrave Hamer Radshaw

Bernard Miles Tom Hannaway

Honor Blackman Emma (uncredited)

Gerald Sim Reporter (uncredited)

Ben Williams Radical Orator (uncredited)

Rosamund John Ann Radshaw

Hugh Burden Arnold Ryerson

Marjorie Fielding Aunt Lizzie

Seymour Hicks Old Buck

Roddy Hughes Wartime Miners' Spokesman (uncredited)

Philip Ray Doctor (uncredited)

Brian Weske The Boy Ryerson

Carla Lehmann Lady Lettice

Fred Wood Unimpressed Welsh Miner (uncredited)

Tony Wager The Boy Hamer

Gerald Fox The Boy Hannaway

Jean Shepeard Mrs. Radshaw

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Günther Krampf

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Günther Krampf Director of Photography

Roy Boulting Director

John Wooldridge Music

John Boulting Producer

Richard Best Editor

Nigel Balchin Screenplay

Howard Spring Novel

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Fame Is the Spur (1947)

1h 56min | Drama | Sep 23, 1947 | Released

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