Fame Is the Spur

Fame Is the Spur

Release: 1947 | Community Score: 65%

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.

Cast

Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

Hamer Radshaw
Rosamund John

Rosamund John

Ann Radshaw
Bernard Miles

Bernard Miles

Tom Hannaway
Carla Lehmann

Carla Lehmann

Lady Lettice
Hugh Burden

Hugh Burden

Arnold Ryerson
Marjorie Fielding

Marjorie Fielding

Aunt Lizzie
Seymour Hicks

Seymour Hicks

Old Buck
Tony Wager

Tony Wager

The Boy Hamer
Brian Weske

Brian Weske

The Boy Ryerson
Gerald Fox

Gerald Fox

The Boy Hannaway
Jean Shepeard

Jean Shepeard

Mrs. Radshaw
Guy Verney

Guy Verney

Grandpa
Percy Walsh

Percy Walsh

Suddaby
David Tomlinson

David Tomlinson

Lord Liskeard
Charles Wood

Charles Wood

Dai
Milton Rosmer

Milton Rosmer

Magistrate
Wylie Watson

Wylie Watson

Pendleton
Ronald Adam

Ronald Adam

Radshaws' Doctor (uncredited)
Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman

Emma (uncredited)
Clifford Buckton

Clifford Buckton

Gamekeeper (uncredited)
Campbell Cotts

Campbell Cotts

Meeting Chairman (uncredited)
Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

Prison Doctor #2 (uncredited)
Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)
Roddy Hughes

Roddy Hughes

Wartime Miners' Spokesman (uncredited)
Vi Kaley

Vi Kaley

Old Woman in Election Crowd (uncredited)
Laurence Kitchin

Laurence Kitchin

Radshaws' Secretary (uncredited)
Philip Ray

Philip Ray

Doctor (uncredited)
Gerald Sim

Gerald Sim

Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Terry

Harry Terry

Man in Election Crowd (uncredited)
Iris Vandeleur

Iris Vandeleur

Woman Who Opens Front Door (uncredited)
H Victor Weske

H Victor Weske

Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)
Ben Williams

Ben Williams

Radical Orator (uncredited)
Fred Wood

Fred Wood

Unimpressed Welsh Miner (uncredited)