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Fame Is the Spur

7.119471h 56mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorRoy Boulting
WriterNigel Balchin
ProducerJohn Boulting

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Cast · Directed by Roy Boulting

MRMichael Redgrave
Michael Redgrave
Hamer Radshaw
RJRosamund John
Rosamund John
Ann Radshaw
BMBernard Miles
Bernard Miles
Tom Hannaway
CLCarla Lehmann
Carla Lehmann
Lady Lettice
HBHugh Burden
Hugh Burden
Arnold Ryerson
MFMarjorie Fielding
Marjorie Fielding
Aunt Lizzie
SHSeymour Hicks
Seymour Hicks
Old Buck
TWTony Wager
Tony Wager
The Boy Hamer
BWBrian Weske
Brian Weske
The Boy Ryerson
GF
Gerald Fox
The Boy Hannaway
JS
Jean Shepeard
Mrs. Radshaw
GV
Guy Verney
Grandpa

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