
Fame Is the Spur
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.
Fame Is the Spur
September 23, 1947
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Cast (33)

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)
Crew (7)
Directing

Roy Boulting
Director
Writing

Nigel Balchin
Screenplay

Howard Spring
Novel
Production

John Boulting
Producer
Sound

John Wooldridge
Music
Art
No data availableCamera

Günther Krampf
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew
No data availableEditing

Richard Best
Editor