Fame Is the Spur (1947)

Directed by

Roy Boulting

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 56m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British politician climbs the ranks from a radical youth to a powerful establishment figure, leaving his original beliefs behind. The story follows his relationships and the cost of his ambition on his personal life.

slow-burnbittersweetreflectivebleakambitiouspoliticalmelancholicgrounded

What happens

Fame is the Spur is a 1947 British drama film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Michael Redgrave, Rosamund John, Bernard Miles, David Tomlinson, Maurice Denham and Kenneth Griffith. It was written by Nigel Balchin 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. Its plot involves a British politician who rises to power, abandoning on the way his radical views for more conservative ones. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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