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Film / 1947
Fame Is the Spur
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.
The story
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.
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
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Percy WalshSuddaby
David TomlinsonLord Liskeard
Charles WoodDai
Milton RosmerMagistrate
Wylie WatsonPendleton
Ronald AdamRadshaws' Doctor (uncredited)
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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