Hot Summer Night

Hot Summer Night

82 mins | Drama, Romance | Feb. 1, 1959

Jacko, a respected union man, is fighting for the promotion of a Jamaican colleague to chargehand, but when his daughter brings home her black boyfriend, he realises that racial prejudice is rife within his own home. This powerful drama exposes the deep-seated racial tensions hidden in British family life during the late 1950s. Written for the stage by Unity Theatre's Ted Willis, this television recording was filmed a few weeks after the play's successful West End run, and most of the stage cast repeat their roles here, including the terrific John Slater, Andree Melly and Lloyd Reckord. The drama's interracial kiss is probably the first to be shown on British TV.

Hot Summer Night

82 mins | Drama, Romance | Feb. 1, 1959

Hot Summer Night
Jacko, a respected union man, is fighting for the promotion of a Jamaican colleague to chargehand, but when his daughter brings home her black boyfriend, he realises that racial prejudice is rife within his own home. This powerful drama exposes the deep-seated racial tensions hidden in British family life during the late 1950s. Written for the stage by Unity Theatre's Ted Willis, this television recording was filmed a few weeks after the play's successful West End run, and most of the stage cast repeat their roles here, including the terrific John Slater, Andree Melly and Lloyd Reckord. The drama's interracial kiss is probably the first to be shown on British TV.
Producers
Original title Hot Summer Night
Directors Ted Kotcheff
Writers Ted Willis

Cast

John Slater

as Jack Palmer

Lloyd Reckord

as Sonny Lincoln

Ruth Dunning

as Nell Palmer

Scott Harrold

as Old Man

Joyce Howard

as Judy Gomez

Andrée Melly

as Kathie Palmer

Richard Walter

as Frank Stephens