Flame in the Streets

Flame in the Streets

93 mins | Drama | June 19, 1961

Flame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in the burgeoning West Indian community of early 1960s Britain. Trades union leader (Mills) fights for the rights of a black worker but struggles with the news that his own daughter is planning to marry a West Indian, much against his own logic and the prejudice of his wife.

Flame in the Streets

93 mins | Drama | June 19, 1961

Flame in the Streets
Flame in the Streets is a 1961 British drama film directed by Roy Ward Baker. Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in the burgeoning West Indian community of early 1960s Britain. Trades union leader (Mills) fights for the rights of a black worker but struggles with the news that his own daughter is planning to marry a West Indian, much against his own logic and the prejudice of his wife.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers The Rank Organization, Somerset Films
Original title Flame in the Streets
Directors Stanley Hosgood, Penny Daniels, Roy Ward Baker
Writers Ted Willis

Cast

John Mills

as Jacko Palmer

Sylvia Syms

as Kathie Palmer

Brenda De Banzie

as Nell Palmer

Earl Cameron

as Gabriel Gomez

Johnny Sekka

as Peter Lincoln

Meredith Edwards

as Harry Mitchell

Ann Lynn

as Judy Gomez

Wilfrid Brambell

as Mr. Palmer senior

Corinne Skinner-Carter

as Mrs. Jackson

Newton Blick

as Visser

Glyn Houston

as Hugh Davies

Michael Wynne

as Les

Dan Jackson

as Jubilee

Cyril Chamberlain

as Dowell

Gretchen Franklin

as Mrs. Bingham

Harry Baird

as Billy

Irvin Allen

as Christie

Larry Martyn

as Corner Boy

Thomas Baptiste

as Boyfriend

Barbara Windsor

as Girlfriend