Flame in the Streets

Flame in the Streets (DVD) (*)

$28.99

Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1961 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Roy Ward Baker

Written By:
Ted Willis

Actors:
John Mills ..... Jacko Palmer
Sylvia Syms ..... Kathie Palmer
Brenda De Banzie ..... Nell Palmer
Earl Cameron ..... Gabriel Gomez
Johnny Sekka ..... Peter Lincoln
Ann Lynn ..... Judy Gomez
Wilfrid Brambell ..... Mr. Palmer senior
Meredith Edwards ..... Harry Mitchell
Newton Blick ..... Visser
Glyn Houston ..... Hugh Davies
Michael Wynne ..... Les
Dan Jackson ..... Jubilee
Cyril Chamberlain ..... Dowell
Gretchen Franklin ..... Mrs. Bingham
Harry Baird ..... Billy

Synopsis:

Versatile director Roy Baker tackles the question of racial bias in this effective drama. Jacko Palmer (John Mills) is a dedicated, talented union leader who manages to mediate an upheaval over a black foreman at work and prevent a strike. Meanwhile, Palmer's daughter Kathie (Sylvia Syms) has fallen in love with a schoolteacher colleague of hers, Peter Lincoln who happens to be black. The couple plan on marrying, and that creates havoc in the Palmer home where Kathie's mother throws a fit. The full gamut of racial prejudices unfolds, while the father tries to reconcile his own feelings and root out any biases that lurk there. Nominated for BAFTA Best British Screenplay 1962.

A union leader in a large company tries to win equal rights for the handful of West Indian workers at the company, but finds it is an uphill battle. After being successful, and rightly proud of his efforts, he finds that he and his wife have a difficult time coming to terms with the fact that his only daughter intends to marry a West Indian.

Melodrama dealing with racism. Centres on domestic difficulties which develop in a working class family when their daughter falls in love with a Jamaican.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 25 October, 2011.

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