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Fame Is the Spur (1947)

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.

Drama

Fame Is the Spur

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Michael Redgrave

Michael Redgrave

as Hamer Radshaw

as Tom Hannaway

as Lady Lettice

as Arnold Ryerson

Marjorie Fielding

Marjorie Fielding

as The Boy Hamer

as The Boy Ryerson

as The Boy Hannaway

as Mrs. Radshaw

David Tomlinson

David Tomlinson

as Lord Liskeard

as Radshaws' Doctor (uncredited)

as Emma (uncredited)

Clifford Buckton

Clifford Buckton

as Gamekeeper (uncredited)

as Meeting Chairman (uncredited)

as Prison Doctor #2 (uncredited)

Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

as Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)

as Wartime Miners' Spokesman (uncredited)

as Old Woman in Election Crowd (uncredited)

Laurence Kitchin

Laurence Kitchin

as Radshaws' Secretary (uncredited)

as Doctor (uncredited)

as Reporter (uncredited)

as Man in Election Crowd (uncredited)

as Woman Who Opens Front Door (uncredited)

as Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)

as Radical Orator (uncredited)

as Unimpressed Welsh Miner (uncredited)

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Günther Krampf

Director of Photography

John Wooldridge

John Wooldridge

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