Fame Is the Spur
6.7
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
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Michael Redgrave
Hamer Radshaw
Known for
The Lady Vanishes
The Innocents
Rosamund John
Ann Radshaw
Known for
Green for Danger
Bernard Miles
Tom Hannaway
Known for
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Great Expectations
Carla Lehmann
Lady Lettice
Also in
Candlelight in Algeria
Cottage to Let
Hugh Burden
Arnold Ryerson
Known for
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Marjorie Fielding
Aunt Lizzie
Known for
The Lavender Hill Mob
Seymour Hicks
Old Buck
Known for
Scrooge
Tony Wager
The Boy Hamer
Known for
Great Expectations
Brian Weske
The Boy Ryerson
Also in
Perfect Strangers
The Big Switch
Gerald Fox
The Boy Hannaway
Known for
Hue and Cry
Jean Shepeard
Mrs. Radshaw
Also in
Thunder Rock
A Canterbury Tale
Guy Verney
Grandpa
Known for
This Happy Breed
Roy Boulting Director · Nigel Balchin Screenplay Howard Spring Author
Budget $1M · First release September 23, 1947 · Produced in United Kingdom
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Budget
$1,000,000
Production
Two Cities Films
Production
Boulting Brothers
Production
United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · September 23, 1947
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
February 8, 1965 · Theatrical
XC
June 25, 1948 · Theatrical
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