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After futilely hunting a mysterious arsonist dubbed “Firefly,” upright police officer Jack investigates youth gang leader Johnnie, falls in love with the lad’s sister, and discovers connections between the boy and several blazes.
1958 United Kingdom Directed by Basil Dearden Produced by Michael Relph Written by James Kennaway Featuring Stanley Baker, Anne Heywood, David McCallum
A delinquent's sister falls for a police officer.
8 ott 2022 · Johnnie Murphy started fires. Johnnie liked to watch things burn. Johnnie got a reputation for starting fires. He liked the fear fire caused. He liked the power it gave him. Johnnie Murphy started fires. One day, fires were not enough. Johnnie killed someone with a stolen vehicle. It was murder. Now Johnnie was wanted by … Continue reading "Burning Down the House: The Writing of ‘Violent ...
Violent Playground). Specifically, Violent Playground. poses the question of whether a new generation of un-ruly working class youths can be successfully integrated into the social-democratic vi-sion of a homogenous and affluent post-industrial Britain. In Marxist terms, the film
VIOLENT PLAYGROUND sees tough detective Stanley Baker assigned to a new role after falling foul of his boss; he's directed to head up a juvenile crime prevention scheme. Baldwin fears that his new role will be anything but interesting, but things turn out otherwise as a sub-plot involving an arsonist terrorising the streets of Liverpool becomes mixed up with the main story.
18 dic 2020 · Violent Playground is rather overlong seeming at 108 minutes, but James Kennaway’s intelligent original screenplay, the dedicated, gritty performances and Dearden’s tense direction just see it through the slight longueurs. Baker is first rate in one of his quintessential performances; McCallum is very showy as the crazy rebel boy.
