Fame Is the Spur (film)
| Fame is the Spur | |
|---|---|
John Boulting | |
| Starring | Michael Redgrave Rosamund John Bernard Miles David Tomlinson |
| Cinematography | Günther Krampf |
| Edited by | Richard Best |
| Music by | John Wooldridge |
Production company | Boulting Brotherrs in association with Two Cities Films |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | over $1 million[1] |
Fame is the Spur is a 1947 British
Plot
When Hamer Radshaw, a young man from a
Cast
- Michael Redgrave as Hamer Radshaw
- Rosamund John as Ann
- 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
- Anthony Wager as Hamer as a boy
- Brian Weske as Ryerson as a boy
- Gerald Fox as Hannaway as a boy
- Jean Shepeard as Mrs Radshaw
- Guy Verney as Grandpa
- Percy Walsh as Suddaby
- David Tomlinson as Lord Liskead
- Charles Wood as Dai
- Milton Rosmer as Magistrate
- Wylie Watson as Pendleton
- Ronald Adam as Radshaws' Doctor
- Honor Blackman as Emma
- Campbell Cotts as Meeting chairman
- Maurice Denham as Prison doctor
- Kenneth Griffith as Wartime Miners' Representative
- Roddy Hughes as Wartime Miners' Spokesman
- Vi Kaley as Old Woman in Election Crowd
- Laurence Kitchin as Radshaws's secretary
- Philip Ray as Doctor
- Gerald Sim as Reporter
- Harry Terry as Man in Election Crowd
- Iris Vandeleur as Woman Who Opens Front Door
- H Victor Weske as Wartime Miners' Representative
- Ben Williams as Radical Orator
Critical reception
In The New York Times at the time of the 1949 American release, Bosley Crowther commented: "this John and Roy Boulting film has vivid authority and fascination...But, unfortunately, a full comprehension of the principal character in this tale is missed in the broad and extended panorama of his life that is displayed...Mr. Redgrave is glib and photogenic; he acts the 'lost leader' in a handsome style. But he does not bring anything out about him that is not stated arbitrarily";[4]
The
References
- ^ "Variety (September 1947)". 1947.
- ^ "Fame Is the Spur". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Fame Is The Spur". TV Guide.
- ^ Crowther, Bosley (8 November 1949). "Movie Review - Fame Is the Spur - THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; ' Fame Is the Spur,' British Film Based on Novel by Spring, Opens at Little CineMet". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ David Parkinson. "Fame Is the Spur". RadioTimes.
- ^ "Fame Is the Spur (1947) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie.
