Fame Is the Spur(1947)
movie - first aired/released 1947-09-23 - 116 min - audience 7.1
Drama
Directed by Roy Boulting
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
Michael RedgraveHamer Radshaw
Rosamund JohnAnn Radshaw
Bernard MilesTom Hannaway
Carla LehmannLady Lettice
Hugh BurdenArnold Ryerson
Marjorie FieldingAunt Lizzie- Seymour HicksOld Buck
Tony WagerThe Boy Hamer
Brian WeskeThe Boy Ryerson- Gerald FoxThe Boy Hannaway
- Jean ShepeardMrs. Radshaw
- Guy VerneyGrandpa
- Percy WalshSuddaby
David TomlinsonLord Liskeard- Charles WoodDai
Milton RosmerMagistrate
Wylie WatsonPendleton
Ronald AdamRadshaws' Doctor (uncredited)
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Honor BlackmanEmma (uncredited)- Clifford BucktonGamekeeper (uncredited)
- Campbell CottsMeeting Chairman (uncredited)
Maurice DenhamPrison Doctor #2 (uncredited)
Kenneth GriffithWartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)- Roddy HughesWartime Miners' Spokesman (uncredited)
Vi KaleyOld Woman in Election Crowd (uncredited)- Laurence KitchinRadshaws' Secretary (uncredited)
Philip RayDoctor (uncredited)
Gerald SimReporter (uncredited)
Harry TerryMan in Election Crowd (uncredited)- Iris VandeleurWoman Who Opens Front Door (uncredited)
- H Victor WeskeWartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)
- Ben WilliamsRadical Orator (uncredited)
- Fred WoodUnimpressed Welsh Miner (uncredited)
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