Violent Playground

Violent Playground

108 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 14, 1958

A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.

Violent Playground

108 mins | Drama, Crime | Jan. 14, 1958

Violent Playground
A Liverpool juvenile liaison officer struggles with a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers The Rank Organisation
Original title Violent Playground
Directors Maurice Gibson, Susan Dyson, Basil Dearden
Writers James Kennaway

Cast

Stanley Baker

as Detective Sergeant Jack Truman

Anne Heywood

as Cathie Murphy

David McCallum

as Johnnie Murphy

Peter Cushing

as Father Laidlaw

John Slater

as Sgt. Walker

Clifford Evans

as Headmaster Evans

Moultrie Kelsall

as Superintendent

George A. Cooper

as Chief Inspector

Brona Boland

as Mary Murphy

Fergal Boland

as Patrick Murphy

Michael Chow

as Alexander

Tsai Chin

as Primrose

Sean Lynch

as Slick

Bernice Swanson

as Meg (as Benice Swanson)

Freddie Starr

as Tommy (as Fred Fowell)

Sheila Raynor

as Mrs. Catlin

Christopher Cooke

as David Catlin

Irene Arnold

as Mrs. Baker

Oonagh Quinn

as Jilly Baker

Ali Allen

as Boy (uncredited)

Grace Arnold

as Customer in Grocer's Shop (uncredited)

John Boxer

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Jeremy Bulloch

as Pageboy at Hotel (uncredited)

John Bush

as (uncredited)

Michael Collins

as Police Officer in Patrol Car (uncredited)

Keith Crane

as William (uncredited)

Gerrard Gibson

as (uncredited)

Victoria Harrington

as Child (uncredited)

Melvyn Hayes

as Kid in Johnnie's Gang (uncredited)

Lindsay Hooper

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Robert Howell

as (uncredited)

Anthony John

as Child (uncredited)

Stratford Johns

as Police Constable (uncredited)

Billy Lawrence

as (uncredited)

Phyllis Morris

as (uncredited)

Robert Raglan

as Doorman at Grand Hotel (uncredited)

Philip Ray

as Stallholder (uncredited)

Anthony Richmond

as (uncredited)

Lynne Roberts

as Maureen Owen

Delene Scott

as (uncredited)

Cyril Shaps

as Hairdresser (uncredited)

Jack Sharp

as Mechanic (uncredited)

Leonard Sharp

as Spectator at Fire (uncredited)

Leslie Slysz

as (uncredited)

James Sutherland

as (uncredited)

Gareth Tandy

as (uncredited)

John Tatham

as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Anne Tirard

as (uncredited)

Dervis Ward

as Constable (uncredited)

Kathleen Williams

as (uncredited)

Lynn Williams

as (uncredited)