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A grittier, British inspiration to Stanley Kramer’s Oscar winning “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner”. Set amidst the backdrop of working class London, Flame in the Streets takes a hard look at racial prejudice. Ted Willis adapted his own successful stage play, “Hot Summer Night”, for the big-screen and director Roy Baker (“A Night to Remember”) pulled no punches and bruised many a liberal’s sensibilities in delivering what he termed “a harsh picture.” John Mills plays a liberal-minded union leader in a London factory, who fights against the discrimination that is rampant in his multiracial workforce. His actions prevent a bitter strike, when the union becomes outraged over the promotion of a Jamaican to a much higher position in the factory. His victory is sweet but short, as he now turns his attention to home where he must fight his own deeper prejudices, when he finds his daughter is planning to marry a Jamaican teacher.
Original Release
06/19/1961
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Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
Irvin Allen | Christie |
John Adams | Man Attending Union Meeting |
Bart Allison | Man Attending Union Meeting |
Max Butterfield | First Lout |
Robert Cawdron | Fred |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Earl St. John | Executive Producer |
Roy Ward Baker | Producer |
Jack Hanbury | Producer |