Flame in the Streets

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

Cast

John Mills

as Jacko Palmer

Sylvia Syms

as Kathie Palmer

Brenda De Banzie

as Nell Palmer

Earl Cameron

as Gabriel Gomez

Johnny Sekka

as Peter Lincoln

Meredith Edwards

as Harry Mitchell

Ann Lynn

as Judy Gomez

Wilfrid Brambell

as Mr. Palmer senior

Corinne Skinner-Carter

as Mrs. Jackson

Newton Blick

as Visser

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 "Ja...

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