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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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.
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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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