Fame Is the Spur
1947 | 116m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Roy Boulting |
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| Writer: | Howard Spring, Nigel Balchin |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 23, 1947 |
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| Director: | Roy Boulting |
| Writer: | Howard Spring, Nigel Balchin |
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| Production Companies | Two Cities Films, Boulting Brothers |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Wooldridge | Music |
| Howard Spring | Novel |
| Richard Best | Editor |
| Günther Krampf | Director of Photography |
| Nigel Balchin | Screenplay |
| Roy Boulting | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| John Boulting | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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