Flame in the Streets
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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.
- 5.9
- 1961
- Released
- 1h 33m
John Mills
Jacko Palmer
Sylvia Syms
Kathie Palmer
Brenda De Banzie
Nell Palmer
Earl Cameron
Gabriel Gomez
Johnny Sekka
Peter Lincoln
Meredith Edwards
Harry Mitchell
Ann Lynn
Judy Gomez
Wilfrid Brambell
Mr. Palmer senior
Corinne Skinner-Carter
Mrs. JacksonNewton Blick
Visser
Glyn Houston
Hugh DaviesMichael Wynne
Les
Dan Jackson
Jubilee
Cyril Chamberlain
Dowell
Gretchen Franklin
Mrs. Bingham
Harry Baird
Billy
Irvin Allen
ChristieLarry Martyn
Corner Boy
Thomas Baptiste
Boyfriend
Barbara Windsor
GirlfriendReleased
en
- #union
- #west indian
Reviews
It wasn't just in the USA that racial tension was rife in the 1960s, it was also pretty toxic for many living in urban Britain too. That's exemplified here by the young "Peter" (Johnny Sekka) who works at a factory where there's a sort of truce between the colours that's striven for by union man "Jacko" (John Mills) who just happens to be the father of "Kathie" (Sylvia Syms) who just happens to be