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