Fame Is the Spur (1947)

Summary

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.

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Cast
Crew

Michael Redgrave

as Hamer Radshaw
Rosamund John

as Ann Radshaw
Bernard Miles

as Tom Hannaway
Carla Lehmann

as Lady Lettice
Hugh Burden

as Arnold Ryerson
Marjorie Fielding

as Aunt Lizzie
Seymour Hicks

as Old Buck
Tony Wager

as The Boy Hamer
Brian Weske

as The Boy Ryerson
Gerald Fox

as The Boy Hannaway
Jean Shepeard

as Mrs. Radshaw
Guy Verney

as Grandpa
Percy Walsh

as Suddaby
David Tomlinson

as Lord Liskeard
Charles Wood

as Dai
Milton Rosmer

as Magistrate
Wylie Watson

as Pendleton
Ronald Adam

as Radshaws' Doctor (uncredited)
Honor Blackman

as Emma (uncredited)
Clifford Buckton

as Gamekeeper (uncredited)
Campbell Cotts

as Meeting Chairman (uncredited)
Maurice Denham

as Prison Doctor #2 (uncredited)
Kenneth Griffith

as Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)
Roddy Hughes

as Wartime Miners' Spokesman (uncredited)
Vi Kaley

as Old Woman in Election Crowd (uncredited)
Laurence Kitchin

as Radshaws' Secretary (uncredited)
Philip Ray

as Doctor (uncredited)
Gerald Sim

as Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Terry

as Man in Election Crowd (uncredited)
Iris Vandeleur

as Woman Who Opens Front Door (uncredited)
H Victor Weske

as Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)
Ben Williams

as Radical Orator (uncredited)
Fred Wood

as Unimpressed Welsh Miner (uncredited)

Directing	Roy Boulting	Director
Writing	Howard Spring	Novel
Writing	Nigel Balchin	Screenplay
Production	John Boulting	Producer
Sound	John Wooldridge	Music
Editing	Richard Best	Editor
Camera	Günther Krampf	Director of Photography