The Flaming Urge

A pyromaniac tries to fight his obsession with fire. This movie uses the pyromaniac urge as an extraordinarily transparent metaphor for homosexuality.

Cast

Harold Lloyd Jr.

as Tom Smith

Cathy Downs

as Charlotte Cruickshank

Byron Foulger

as A. Horace Pender

Jonathan Hale

as Mr. Chalmers

Florence Lake

as Mrs. Binger

Bob Hughes

as Frank

Herbert Rawlinson

as Herb - Fire Chief

Pierre Watkin

as Albert Cruickshank

Johnny Duncan

as Ralph Jarvis

Barbara Wooddell

as Mrs. Cruickshank

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