Flame in the Streets (1961)

Drama

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.

Updated May 27 2020

Releases:

GB -

1961-06-19

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Keywords:

union west indian

FACTS

Runtime: 93 mins Rating: 6.0 Tag Line: Emotional Dynamite!

Cast

Earl Cameron

Gabriel Gomez

Brenda De Banzie

Nell Palmer

Wilfrid Brambell

Mr. Palmer senior

John Mills

Jacko Palmer

Sylvia Syms

Kathie Palmer

Johnny Sekka

Peter Lincoln

Ann Lynn

Judy Gomez

Cyril Chamberlain

Dowell