Fame Is the Spur

1947
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1h 36m

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Rosamund John and Michael Redgrave in Fame Is the Spur (1947)

A British politician finds that his intense liberal views become more conservative with his rise to power.A British politician finds that his intense liberal views become more conservative with his rise to power.A British politician finds that his intense liberal views become more conservative with his rise to power.

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Uncredited theatrical movie debut of Honor Blackman (Emma).

Quotes
Hamer Radshaw: Did God ordain it, this contrast between sweat and ease, between want and luxury, or is it the product of man's will, of greed of selfishness?

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Opening credits prologue: 1870

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6/10

British Citizen Kane?

To me this has parallels to Love on The Dole .It is in other words very derivative.Featuring an idealistic politician who starts out as a political firebrand and ends up as a part of the establishment opposed to the people who put him in parliament in the first place.Michael Redgrave was really in the middle of a winning streak when he took on this part.I have to say that few films about British politics have been very exciting and this one is no exception.This film would obviously have rung a rather large bell when released in 1946 as this was the first year of a Labour administration.So one feels that this film is trying to point out the mistakes that had been made by previous Labour administrations,and in particular Ramsey MacDonald upon whom the main character was apparently based.