Fame Is the Spur (1947)

7.1/10 116 min Drama

Overview

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 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

David Tomlinson

Lord Liskeard

Milton Rosmer

Magistrate

Wylie Watson

Pendleton

Ronald Adam

Radshaws' Doctor (uncredited)

Honor Blackman

Emma (uncredited)

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