Summary
Fame Is the Spur is a British film first released in 1947,
directed by Roy Boulting.
The film stars Michael Redgrave, Rosamund John, Bernard Miles, Carla Lehmann and Hugh Burden.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Roy Boulting
- Script: Howard Spring, Nigel Balchin
- Photo: Günther Krampf, Stanley Pavey
- Music: John Wooldridge
- Cast: Michael Redgrave (Hamer Radshaw), Rosamund John (Ann), 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), Jean Shepeard (Mrs. Radshaw), Guy Verney (Grandpa), Percy Walsh (Suddaby), David Tomlinson (Lord Liskeard), Charles Wood (Dai), Milton Rosmer (Magistrate), Wylie Watson (Pendleton), Gerald Fox (The Boy Hannaway), Ronald Adam (Radshaws’ doctor), Honor Blackman (Emma), Campbell Cotts (Meeting Chairman), Maurice Denham (Prison doctor #2), Kenneth Griffith (Wartime miners representitive), Roddy Hughes (Wartime miners spokesman), Vi Kaley (Old Woman In Election Crowd), Laurence Kitchin (Radshaws’ secretary), Gerald Sim (Reporter), Harry Terry (Man In Election Crowd), Iris Vandeleur (Woman who opens front door), H Victor Weske (Wartime Miners Representitive), Ben Williams (Radical orator)
- Country: UK
- Language: English
- Runtime: 116 min; B&W
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