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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.
Combining social realism, juvenile delinquency, and a gritty noir atmosphere, Basil Dearden’s Violent Playground is perhaps the only classic film noir more frightening today than the year it was released: that’s because it contains an extended sequence in which a mentally unstable young man invades an elementary school with a machine gun and takes young schoolchildren hostage, a situation ...
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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 ...
1958 United Kingdom Directed by Basil Dearden Produced by Michael Relph Written by James Kennaway Featuring Stanley Baker, Anne Heywood, David McCallum
17 nov 2021 · A classic British film review of Violent Playground (1958) starring Stanley Baker, David McCallum and Anne Heywood and Peter Cushing. Directed by Basil Dear...
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Violent Playground. (1958) 01/14/1958 (GB) Crime , Drama 1h 48m. User. Score. What's your Vibe ? EVERY CITY HAS ITS DANGEROUS YOUTH. Stark, explosive drama - as the camera lays bare the heart of a big city and probe the secrets of its Violent Playground.
