Fame Is the Spur

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.

6.5

116 min

Cast

Michael Redgrave

as Hamer Radshaw

Rosamund John

as Ann Radshaw

Bernard Miles

as Tom Hannaway

Carla Lehmann

as Lady Lettice

Hugh Burden

as Arnold Ryerson

Marjorie Fielding

as Aunt Lizzie

Seymour Hicks

as Old Buck

Tony Wager

as The Boy Hamer

Brian Weske

as The Boy Ryerson

Gerald Fox

as The Boy Hannaway

Jean Shepeard

as Mrs. Radshaw

Guy Verney

as Grandpa

Percy Walsh

as Suddaby

David Tomlinson

as Lord Liskeard

Charles Wood

as Dai

Milton Rosmer

as Magistrate

Wylie Watson

as Pendleton

Ronald Adam

as Radshaws' Doctor (uncredited)

Honor Blackman

as Emma (uncredited)

Clifford Buckton

as Gamekeeper (uncredited)

Campbell Cotts

as Meeting Chairman (uncredited)

Maurice Denham

as Prison Doctor #2 (uncredited)

Kenneth Griffith

as Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)

Roddy Hughes

as Wartime Miners' Spokesman (uncredited)

Vi Kaley

as Old Woman in Election Crowd (uncredited)

Laurence Kitchin

as Radshaws' Secretary (uncredited)

Philip Ray

as Doctor (uncredited)

Gerald Sim

as Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Terry

as Man in Election Crowd (uncredited)

Iris Vandeleur

as Woman Who Opens Front Door (uncredited)

H Victor Weske

as Wartime Miners' Representative (uncredited)

Ben Williams

as Radical Orator (uncredited)

Fred Wood

as Unimpressed Welsh Miner (uncredited)

Director

Roy Boulting