No Trees in the Street

No Trees in the Street (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1959 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
J. Lee Thompson

Written By:
Ted Willis

Actors:
Sylvia Syms ..... Hetty
Herbert Lom ..... Wilkie
Melvyn Hayes ..... Tommy
Ronald Howard ..... Frank
Stanley Holloway ..... Kipper
Joan Miller ..... Jess
Liam Redmond ..... Bill
Judy Bloom ..... Bookie's Clerk
Victor Brooks ..... Girl
Yvonne Buckingham ..... Street Orator
Sally Bulloch ..... Kenny
Fred Griffiths ..... Mrs. Jacobson
David Hemmings ..... Superintendent
Jeremy Judge ..... Lova
Lily Kann ..... Marje
Lloyd Lamble ..... Jackie
John Langley ..... Reg
Carole Lesley ..... Inspector
Lana Morris ..... Mrs. Jokel
Edwin Richfield ..... Mrs. Brown
Hennie Scott
Richard Shaw
Campbell Singer
Marianne Stone
Gareth Tandy
Rita Webb

Synopsis:

Sylvia Syms and Herbert Lom star in this hard-hitting drama set in the slums of pre-war London. Directed by Oscar nominee J. Lee-Thompson and adapted by Dixon of Dock Green creator Ted Willis from his own play, No Trees in the Street earned BAFTA nominations for Best British Actress for Syms and Best British Screenplay for Willis. It is presented here in a brand-new digital transfer from original film elements, in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. Encouraged by his mother, Jess, Tommy opts to earn money the easy way by working for Wilkie, a local racketeer who preys on the families of Kennedy Street; Jess also tries to force daughter Hetty to marry Wilkie. Unable to bear her squalid existence any longer, Hetty tries to leave home...

Surrounded by new 1950s East End high-rise flats, a London detective thinks back to how different things were in the late 1930s. Then it was an area of overcrowded tenements teeming with impoverished unemployed people with little or no hope. He relates the story of attractive young Hetty who desperately tried to stop her younger brother descending into crime while her mother was endlessly urging her to take up with Wilkie, a smooth local racketeer, in the belief this would get the family out of poverty.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 04 May, 2015.