Flame in the Streets
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.
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...
