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Fame Is the Spur (1947) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Roy Boulting

Writing Credits  

Howard Spring ... (novel)
 
Nigel Balchin ... (screenplay)

Cast (in credits order)  

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 (as Sir Seymour Hicks)
Tony Wager ... The Boy Hamer (as Anthony Wager)
Brian Weske ... The Boy Ryerson
Gerald Fox Gerald Fox ... The Boy Hannaway
Jean Shepeard Jean Shepeard ... Mrs. Radshaw
Guy Verney ... Grandpa
Percy Walsh Percy Walsh ... Suddaby
David Tomlinson ... Lord Charles Liskeard
Charles Wood Charles Wood ... Dai
Milton Rosmer ... Magistrate
Wylie Watson ... Pendleton
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ronald Adam ... Radshaws' Doctor (uncredited)
Terence Alexander ... Man in Peterloo Crowd (uncredited)
Honor Blackman ... Emma (uncredited)
Clifford Buckton Clifford Buckton ... Gamekeeper (uncredited)
Campbell Cotts Campbell Cotts ... Meeting Chairman (uncredited)
Maurice Denham ... Prison Doctor #2 (uncredited)
Kenneth Griffith ... Wartime Miners' Representitive (uncredited)
Pat Hagan Pat Hagan ... Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
Roddy Hughes ... Wartime Miners' Spokesman (uncredited)
Vi Kaley ... Old Woman in Election Crowd (uncredited)
Laurence Kitchin Laurence Kitchin ... Radshaws' Secretary (uncredited)
Joe Marks Joe Marks ... Bit part (uncredited)
Jim Morris Jim Morris ... Attendant at Banquet (uncredited)
Philip Ray ... Doctor (uncredited)
Gerald Sim ... Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Terry ... Man in Election Crowd (uncredited)
James Ure James Ure ... Guest at Banquet (uncredited)
Iris Vandeleur Iris Vandeleur ... Woman Who Opens Front Door (uncredited)
H Victor Weske H Victor Weske ... Wartime Miners' Representitive (uncredited)
Ben Williams Ben Williams ... Radical Orator (uncredited)
Fred Wood ... (unimpressed) Welsh Miner (uncredited)

Produced by 

John Boulting ... producer
George H. Brown ... associate producer
Peter De Sarigny ... associate producer (as Peter de Sarigny)

Music by 

John Wooldridge

Cinematography by 

Günther Krampf ... director of photography (as Gunther Krampf)

Editing by 

Richard Best

Art Direction by 

John Howell

Costume Design by 

Honoria Plesch ... (costumes designed by)

Makeup Department 

Tony Sforzini ... makeup supervisor
Vivienne Walker ... hairdressing supervisor

Production Management 

Filippo Del Giudice ... in charge of production (as F. Del Giudice)
Peter De Sarigny ... production manager (uncredited)
Herbert Smith ... executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Michael Anderson ... assistant director
Francis James ... assistant director (uncredited)
John Redway ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Guy Wilsdon ... third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department 

Donald M. Ashton ... draughtsman (uncredited)
William Bowden ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Brian Herbert ... assistant (uncredited)
Ian Imray ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Roger Ramsdell ... assistant art director (uncredited)
Stanley Yeomanson ... construction manager (uncredited)

Sound Department 

Harry Miller ... sound editor
John W. Mitchell ... sound recordist
L.E. Overton ... dubbing mixer
Peter Davies ... first assistant dubbing mixer (uncredited)
Dudley Messenger ... boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by 

Henry Harris ... special effects
Douglas Woolsey ... special effects

Visual Effects by 

George Blackwell ... miniatures (uncredited)
Jack Higgins ... miniatures (uncredited)
Bert Marshall ... matte photography (uncredited)
Joan Suttie ... matte painter (uncredited)
Bill Warrington ... matte supervisor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department 

Stanley Pavey ... associate director of photography
Gilbert Taylor ... camera operator
Harry Waxman ... associate director of photography
Davis Boulton ... still photographer (uncredited)
John Coquillon ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Maurice Gillett ... electrician (uncredited)
Arthur Ibbetson ... second camera operator (uncredited)
Gerry Massy-Collier ... focus puller (uncredited)
William McLeod ... second camera operator (uncredited)
Wilfrid Newton ... still photographer (uncredited)
Dennis Reed ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Jane Castles ... assistant costume designer (uncredited)
Arthur Newman ... wardrobe master (uncredited)

Editorial Department 

Edith Burbeck ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Nicholas Gurney ... second assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department 

John Addison ... The Chopin Prelude played by (as Jock Addison)
Hans May ... conductor

Script and Continuity Department 

Angela Martelli ... continuity

Additional Crew 

Max Benedict ... research (as Maxwell Benedict)
J. Arthur Rank ... presenter (as J.Arthur Rank)
Freda Howard ... publicist (uncredited)
Anita Melburg ... production secretary (uncredited)
John Jack Lewis Worrow ... publicist (uncredited)

See also

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