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| FAME IS THE SPUR |
| Title of the Film | FAME IS THE SPUR |
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| English Titles | |
| Year of Release | 1947 |
| Country of Origin | UK |
| Language(s) | English |
| Run Time (in minutes) | 116 |
| Length (in meters) | 3175 |
| Colour | b/w |
| Genre | Drama |
| Based on/Source | Novel by Howard Spring |
| Production Companies | Two Cities Films |
| Producer(s) | Roy Boulting, George H. Brown, Peter De Sarigny |
| Director | Roy Boulting |
| Cast | Michael Redgrave, Rosamund John, Bernard Miles, Carla Lehmann |
| Literature | Picturegoer, 26 October 1946 Picture Post, 23 November 1946 Kinematograph Weekly, 25 September 1947 Times, 13 October 1947 Picturegoer, 25 October 1947 Punch, 29 October 1947 Monthly Film Bulletin, October 1947 New York Times, 8 November 1949 Aufbau, 11 November 1949 Film History, vol. 15, no. 3 (2003) (William K. Everson) |
| Special notes | Director of photography: Gunther Krampf Musical director: Hans May Costumes by Honoria Plesch "Gunther Krampf's photography, the mood of which is set in the main titles with the rain pouring down on to the slum roof-tops, is first-class." (William K. Everson) |