Flame in the Streets

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Flame in the Streets

"Emotional Dynamite!"

1961

1h 33m

6.3(11 votes)

Drama

Overview

Domestic difficulties develop in a working-class family when their daughter falls in love with a Jamaican man.

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20 members

Acting

John Mills

Jacko Palmer

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Sylvia Syms

Kathie Palmer

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Brenda De Banzie

Nell Palmer

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Earl Cameron

Gabriel Gomez

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Johnny Sekka

Peter Lincoln

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Meredith Edwards

Harry Mitchell

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Ann Lynn

Judy Gomez

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Wilfrid Brambell

Mr. Palmer senior

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Corinne Skinner-Carter

Mrs. Jackson

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Newton Blick

Visser

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Glyn Houston

Hugh Davies

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Michael Wynne

Les

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Dan Jackson

Jubilee

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Cyril Chamberlain

Dowell

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Gretchen Franklin

Mrs. Bingham

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Harry Baird

Billy

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Irvin Allen

Christie

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Larry Martyn

Corner Boy

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Thomas Baptiste

Boyfriend

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Barbara Windsor

Girlfriend

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