Fame Is the Spur (film)

Fame is the Spur
Directed byRoy Boulting
Written byNigel Balchin
Howard Spring (novel)
Produced byJohn Boulting
StarringMichael Redgrave
Rosamund John
Bernard Miles
David Tomlinson
CinematographyGünther Krampf
Edited byRichard Best
Music byJohn Wooldridge
Production
company
Boulting Brotherrs in association with Two Cities Films
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors
Release date
  • 23 September 1947 (1947-09-23)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budgetover $1 million[1]

Fame is the Spur is a 1947 British drama film directed by Roy Boulting. It stars Michael Redgrave, Rosamund John, Bernard Miles, David Tomlinson, Maurice Denham and Kenneth Griffith.[2] Its plot involves a British politician who rises to power, abandoning on the way his radical views for more conservative ones. It is based on the 1940 novel Fame Is the Spur by Howard Spring, which was believed to be based on the career of the Labour Party politician Ramsay MacDonald.[3]

  1. ^ "Variety (September 1947)". 1947.
  2. ^ "Fame Is the Spur". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Fame Is The Spur". TV Guide.