

Fame Is the Spur
September 23, 1947•1h 56m•★ 7.1
Drama
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 BoultingWriters
Cast

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)